diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test-pr.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test-pr.yml
index 3fabe6a..3cce6b1 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test-pr.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test-pr.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: setup rust
       uses: https://github.com/actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+    - name: check formatting
+      uses: https://github.com/actions-rs/cargo@v1
+      with:
+        command: fmt
+        args: ["--check", "-p", "mgmt-api", "-p", "lavina"]
     - name: cargo check
       uses: https://github.com/actions-rs/cargo@v1
       with:
diff --git a/crates/projection-irc/rustfmt.toml b/crates/projection-irc/rustfmt.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a3cea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/projection-irc/rustfmt.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+max_width = 120
+chain_width = 120
diff --git a/crates/projection-irc/src/lib.rs b/crates/projection-irc/src/lib.rs
index 71b0b23..0851c54 100644
--- a/crates/projection-irc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/projection-irc/src/lib.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ async fn handle_registration<'a>(
                     log::info!("Terminating socket");
                     break Err(anyhow::Error::msg("EOF"));
                 }
-                match std::str::from_utf8(&buffer[..len-2]) {
+                match std::str::from_utf8(&buffer[..len - 2]) {
                     Ok(res) => res,
                     Err(e) => break Err(e.into()),
                 }
@@ -292,7 +292,9 @@ async fn handle_registered_socket<'a>(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-async fn read_irc_message(reader: &mut BufReader<ReadHalf<'_>>, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<usize> {
+// TODO this is public only for tests, perhaps move this into proto-irc
+// TODO limit buffer size in size to protect against dos attacks with large payloads
+pub async fn read_irc_message(reader: &mut BufReader<ReadHalf<'_>>, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<usize> {
     let mut size = 0;
     'outer: loop {
         let res = reader.read_until(b'\r', buf).await?;
@@ -300,8 +302,8 @@ async fn read_irc_message(reader: &mut BufReader<ReadHalf<'_>>, buf: &mut Vec<u8
         let next = reader.read_u8().await?;
         buf.push(next);
         size += 1;
-        if next != b'\n' { 
-            continue 'outer; 
+        if next != b'\n' {
+            continue 'outer;
         }
         return Ok(size);
     }
@@ -668,11 +670,8 @@ async fn produce_on_join_cmd_messages(
     }
     .write_async(writer)
     .await?;
-    let prefixed_members: Vec<PrefixedNick> = room_info
-        .members
-        .iter()
-        .map(|member| PrefixedNick::from_str(member.clone().into_inner()))
-        .collect();
+    let prefixed_members: Vec<PrefixedNick> =
+        room_info.members.iter().map(|member| PrefixedNick::from_str(member.clone().into_inner())).collect();
     let non_empty_members: NonEmpty<PrefixedNick> =
         NonEmpty::from_vec(prefixed_members).unwrap_or(nonempty![PrefixedNick::from_str(user.nickname.clone())]);
 
@@ -700,13 +699,24 @@ async fn produce_on_join_cmd_messages(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub struct RunningServer {
+    pub addr: SocketAddr,
+    terminator: Terminator,
+}
+
+impl RunningServer {
+    pub async fn terminate(self) -> Result<()> {
+        self.terminator.terminate().await
+    }
+}
+
 pub async fn launch(
     config: ServerConfig,
     players: PlayerRegistry,
     rooms: RoomRegistry,
     metrics: MetricsRegistry,
     storage: Storage,
-) -> Result<Terminator> {
+) -> Result<RunningServer> {
     log::info!("Starting IRC projection");
     let (stopped_tx, mut stopped_rx) = channel(32);
     let current_connections = IntGauge::new("irc_current_connections", "Open and alive TCP connections")?;
@@ -715,6 +725,7 @@ pub async fn launch(
     metrics.register(Box::new(total_connections.clone()))?;
 
     let listener = TcpListener::bind(config.listen_on).await?;
+    let addr = listener.local_addr()?;
 
     let terminator = Terminator::spawn(|mut rx| async move {
         // TODO probably should separate logic for accepting new connection and storing them
@@ -782,5 +793,5 @@ pub async fn launch(
     });
 
     log::info!("Started IRC projection");
-    Ok(terminator)
+    Ok(RunningServer { addr, terminator })
 }
diff --git a/crates/projection-irc/tests/lib.rs b/crates/projection-irc/tests/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dc0f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/projection-irc/tests/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use lavina_core::repo::{Storage, StorageConfig};
+use lavina_core::{player::PlayerRegistry, room::RoomRegistry};
+use projection_irc::{launch, read_irc_message, ServerConfig};
+use prometheus::Registry as MetricsRegistry;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader};
+use tokio::net::tcp::{ReadHalf, WriteHalf};
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+
+struct TestScope<'a> {
+    reader: BufReader<ReadHalf<'a>>,
+    writer: WriteHalf<'a>,
+    buffer: Vec<u8>,
+    pub timeout: Duration,
+}
+
+impl<'a> TestScope<'a> {
+    fn new(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> TestScope<'_> {
+        let (reader, writer) = stream.split();
+        let reader = BufReader::new(reader);
+        TestScope {
+            reader,
+            writer,
+            buffer: vec![],
+            timeout: Duration::from_millis(100),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn send(&mut self, str: &(impl AsRef<str> + ?Sized)) -> Result<()> {
+        self.writer.write_all(str.as_ref().as_bytes()).await?;
+        self.writer.write_all(b"\r\n").await?;
+        self.writer.flush().await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn expect(&mut self, str: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        let len = tokio::time::timeout(self.timeout, read_irc_message(&mut self.reader, &mut self.buffer)).await??;
+        assert_eq!(std::str::from_utf8(&self.buffer[..len - 2])?, str);
+        self.buffer.clear();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn assert(&mut self, f: impl FnOnce(&str) -> Result<()>) -> Result<()> {
+        let len = tokio::time::timeout(self.timeout, read_irc_message(&mut self.reader, &mut self.buffer)).await??;
+        let res = f(std::str::from_utf8(&self.buffer[..len - 2])?);
+        self.buffer.clear();
+        res
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn scenario_basic() -> Result<()> {
+    let config = ServerConfig {
+        listen_on: "127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap(),
+        server_name: "testserver".into(),
+    };
+    let mut metrics = MetricsRegistry::new();
+    let mut storage = Storage::open(StorageConfig {
+        db_path: ":memory:".into(),
+    })
+    .await?;
+    let rooms = RoomRegistry::new(&mut metrics, storage.clone()).unwrap();
+    let players = PlayerRegistry::empty(rooms.clone(), &mut metrics).unwrap();
+    let server = launch(config, players, rooms, metrics, storage.clone()).await.unwrap();
+
+    // test scenario
+
+    storage.create_user("tester").await?;
+    storage.set_password("tester", "password").await?;
+
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(server.addr).await?;
+    let mut s = TestScope::new(&mut stream);
+
+    s.expect(":testserver NOTICE * :Welcome to my server!").await?;
+    s.send("PASS password").await?;
+    s.send("NICK tester").await?;
+    s.send("USER UserName 0 * :Real Name").await?;
+    s.expect(":testserver 001 tester :Welcome to Kek Server").await?;
+    s.expect(":testserver 002 tester :Welcome to Kek Server").await?;
+    s.expect(":testserver 003 tester :Welcome to Kek Server").await?;
+    s.expect(":testserver 004 tester testserver kek-0.1.alpha.3 r CFILPQbcefgijklmnopqrstvz").await?;
+    s.expect(":testserver 005 tester CHANTYPES=# :are supported by this server").await?;
+
+    stream.shutdown().await?;
+
+    // wrap up
+
+    server.terminate().await.unwrap();
+    Ok(())
+}