diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5e1a25c..88eca38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: sudo apt install libx11-dev
 
+      - name: Test
+        run: go test -v ./...
+
       - name: Build
         run: go build -trimpath -ldflags=-s .
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b79f4b0..0ab678d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/diamondburned/ningen/v3 v3.0.1-0.20250920191746-98fbd92e134d
 	github.com/gdamore/tcell/v3 v3.0.6
 	github.com/gen2brain/beeep v0.11.2
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 41ca6fc..e5ca139 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5a
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:9I4somxYTbIHy5NJKHRl3wXiIaQGbYVAs8BPL6v8lEs=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20181206194817-3ea8567a2e57/go.mod h1:zfwlbNMJ+OItoe0UupaVj+oy1omPYYDuagoSzA8v9mc=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20190515194954-54271f7e092f/go.mod h1:zfwlbNMJ+OItoe0UupaVj+oy1omPYYDuagoSzA8v9mc=
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 008acc7..d801e9a 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -97,14 +97,16 @@ func Load(path string) (*Config, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// set defaults
+	applyDefaults(&cfg)
+	return &cfg, nil
+}
+
+func applyDefaults(cfg *Config) {
 	if cfg.Editor == "default" {
 		cfg.Editor = os.Getenv("EDITOR")
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Status == "default" {
-		cfg.Status = ""
+		cfg.Status = discord.UnknownStatus
 	}
-
-	return &cfg, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..908ca8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+	"github.com/ayn2op/discordo/internal/consts"
+	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v3"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
+)
+
+func TestDefaultPath(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("user config dir fallback", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Setenv("AppData", "")
+		t.Setenv("HOME", "")
+		t.Setenv("home", "")
+		t.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "")
+
+		// filepath.Join strips the leading dot.
+		got := DefaultPath()
+		want := filepath.Join(".", consts.Name, fileName)
+		if got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("got = %v, want = %v", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("invalid default config returns error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		orig := defaultCfg
+		defaultCfg = []byte("invalid =")
+		t.Cleanup(func() { defaultCfg = orig })
+		if _, err := Load("does-not-matter.toml"); err == nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid config returns error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "bad.toml")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("invalid ="), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if _, err := Load(path); err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected error")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("valid config does not return error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "good.toml")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("mouse = false"), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		cfg, err := Load(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if cfg.Mouse != false {
+			t.Fatalf("got = %v, want = false", cfg.Mouse)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("open with bad path returns error (!= ErrNotExist)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if _, err := Load("bad\x00path"); err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected error")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("missing file uses defaults", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "missing.toml")
+		cfg, err := Load(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		var defCfg Config
+		if err := toml.Unmarshal(defaultCfg, &defCfg); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		applyDefaults(&defCfg)
+
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(defCfg, *cfg, cmpopts.EquateComparable(tcell.Style{})); diff != "" {
+			t.Fatalf("got = -, want = +, diff=%s", diff)
+		}
+	})
+}