diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6ce3792..717ee37 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ before_script:
 
 script:
   - make
-  
+  - cd ../../../tests
+  - ./test_networks.sh
diff --git a/tests/compare_enb.py b/tests/compare_enb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be35d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compare_enb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import sys
+print "running fake python script..."
+print "Comparing: ", str(sys.argv[1:])
+print "no idea if these are the same. i have no brains. it's probably fine."
+sys.exit(0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_networks.sh b/tests/test_networks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3e3d07a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_networks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+test_networks() 
+{
+returnValue=0
+for d in network_tests/*/ ; do
+	for netfile in `ls $d*.inp`; do
+		officialBinFile=${netfile%.*}.enb
+		candidateBinFile=${netfile%.*}-candidate.enb
+	    echo "testing $netfile with known good binary output $officialBinFile"
+	    if true ## path/to/runepanet $netfile ${netfile%.*}-candidate.rpt $candidateBinFile
+	    then
+	    	echo "epanet run for $netfile SUCCESS"
+	    else
+	    	echo "epanet run for $netfile FAILED"
+	    	returnValue=1
+	    fi
+	    if python compare_enb.py $officialBinFile $candidateBinFile
+	    then
+	    	echo "binary output for $netfile PASSED"
+	    else
+	    	echo "binary output for $netfile FAILED"
+	    	returnValue=1
+	    fi
+	    echo "+++++"
+	done
+done
+return $returnValue
+}
+
+test_networks