diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7995797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "test-framework"]
+	path = test-framework
+	url = https://gitlab.com/scion-scxml/test-framework.git
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78218b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "editor.tabSize": 4
+}
diff --git a/ConsoleRunner/Program.cs b/ConsoleRunner/Program.cs
index 8ebb610..70c4d47 100644
--- a/ConsoleRunner/Program.cs
+++ b/ConsoleRunner/Program.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 using StateChartsDotNet.CoreEngine.ModelProvider.Xml;
 using StateChartsDotNet.CoreEngine.Abstractions;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace ConsoleRunner
 {
@@ -14,6 +16,30 @@ public class Foo
         public dynamic data;
     }
 
+    public class ScxmlTestEventObject
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("name")]
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class ScxmlTestEvent
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("event")]
+        public ScxmlTestEventObject Event { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("nextConfiguration")]
+        public List<string> NextConfiguration { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class ScxmlTest
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("initialConfiguration")]
+        public List<string> InitialConfiguration { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("events")]
+        public List<ScxmlTestEvent> Events { get; set; }
+    }
+
     class Program
     {
         static void Main(string[] args)
@@ -30,7 +56,9 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
             {
                 //task = RunMicrowave(logger);
 
-                task = RunForeach(logger);
+                // task = RunForeach(logger);
+
+                task = RunScxmlTests(logger);
             }
 
             Task.WaitAll(Task.Delay(5000), task);
@@ -59,6 +87,26 @@ static Task RunMicrowave(ILogger logger)
             });
         }
 
+        static Task RunScxmlTests(ILogger logger)
+        {
+            var jsonPath = "../test-framework/test/basic/basic1.json";
+            var testJson = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(jsonPath);
+
+            var scxmlTest = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ScxmlTest>(testJson);
+            return Run("../test-framework/test/basic/basic1.scxml", logger, async queue =>
+            {
+                foreach (var item in scxmlTest.Events)
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine(item.Event.Name);
+                    queue.Enqueue(new Message(item.Event.Name));
+
+
+                    // TODO: verify that the interpreter's state configuration
+                    // contains item.nextConfiguration (sets are equal)
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
         static Task Run(string xmldoc, ILogger logger, Func<Queue<Message>, Task> action = null)
         {
             var metadata = new XmlModelMetadata(XDocument.Load(xmldoc));
diff --git a/test-framework b/test-framework
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..b46a10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-framework
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b46a10a1c3a3b1ca5c5cb4bb44ddb5c785611f41