diff --git a/tests/container_test.py b/tests/container_test.py
index 2f1afb5..1c1b714 100644
--- a/tests/container_test.py
+++ b/tests/container_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,57 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env pytest -vs
 """Tests for gophish container."""
 
+import os
+import pytest
+import time
 
-def test_squat():
-    """Test squat."""
-    pass
+READY_MESSAGE = "Starting admin server"
+TRAVIS_TAG = os.getenv("TRAVIS_TAG")
+VERSION_FILE = "src/version.txt"
+
+
+def test_container_count(dockerc):
+    """Verify the test composition and container."""
+    # stopped parameter allows non-running containers in results
+    assert (
+        len(dockerc.containers(stopped=True)) == 1
+    ), "Wrong number of containers were started."
+
+
+def test_wait_for_ready(main_container):
+    """Wait for container to be ready."""
+    TIMEOUT = 10
+    for i in range(TIMEOUT):
+        if READY_MESSAGE in main_container.logs().decode("utf-8"):
+            break
+        time.sleep(1)
+    else:
+        raise Exception(
+            f"Container does not seem ready.  "
+            f'Expected "{READY_MESSAGE}" in the log within {TIMEOUT} seconds.'
+        )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    TRAVIS_TAG in [None, ""], reason="this is not a release (TRAVIS_TAG not set)"
+)
+def test_release_version():
+    """Verify that release tag version agrees with the module version."""
+    pkg_vars = {}
+    with open(VERSION_FILE) as f:
+        exec(f.read(), pkg_vars)  # nosec
+    project_version = pkg_vars["__version__"]
+    assert (
+        TRAVIS_TAG == f"v{project_version}"
+    ), "TRAVIS_TAG does not match the project version"
+
+
+def test_container_version_label_matches(main_container):
+    """Verify the container version label is the correct version."""
+    pkg_vars = {}
+    with open(VERSION_FILE) as f:
+        exec(f.read(), pkg_vars)  # nosec
+    project_version = pkg_vars["__version__"]
+    assert (
+        main_container.labels["version"] == project_version
+    ), "Dockerfile version label does not match project version"