diff --git a/python/libpt/__init__.py b/python/libpt/__init__.py
index e69de29..50c3db3 100644
--- a/python/libpt/__init__.py
+++ b/python/libpt/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from ._libpt import *
diff --git a/python/libpt/__init__.pyi b/python/libpt/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b10b548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libpt/__init__.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+# libpt python bindings
+
+`libpt` is originally implemented in rust, but offers a python module too.
+"""
+from . import logger
+
+def is_loaded() -> bool:
+    """
+    returns true if `libpt` has been loaded
+    """
+    ...
diff --git a/python/libpt/libpt.pyi b/python/libpt/libpt.pyi
index e69de29..b10b548 100644
--- a/python/libpt/libpt.pyi
+++ b/python/libpt/libpt.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+# libpt python bindings
+
+`libpt` is originally implemented in rust, but offers a python module too.
+"""
+from . import logger
+
+def is_loaded() -> bool:
+    """
+    returns true if `libpt` has been loaded
+    """
+    ...
diff --git a/python/libpt/logger.pyi b/python/libpt/logger.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4935bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libpt/logger.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+"""
+# A specialized Logger for `libpt`
+"""
+
+""" the default log level """
+DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL = "INFO"
+""" Set the value of this key as envar to set a loglevel """
+LOGGER_ENV_KEY = "LIBPT_LOGLEVEL"
+
+class Logger:
+    """
+    `libpt` logger
+
+    Call `init` once before usage, else all logging attempts will be ignored.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        """
+        get a new logger
+        """
+        ...
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def init():
+        """
+        initialize the logger before the first usage
+        """
+        ...
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def init_specialized(color: bool):
+        """
+        initialize the logger before the first usage, but with the ability to tweak things a bit
+        """
+        ...
+
+    def error(self, printable: str):
+        """
+        log at level `error`
+        """
+        ...
+
+    def warn(self, printable: str):
+        """
+        log at level `error`
+        """
+        ...
+
+    def info(self, printable: str):
+        """
+        log at level `error`
+        """
+        ...
+
+    def debug(self, printable: str):
+        """
+        log at level `error`
+        """
+        ...
+
+    def trace(self, printable: str):
+        """
+        log at level `error`
+        """
+        ...
+
diff --git a/python/libpt/py-typed b/python/libpt/py.typed
similarity index 100%
rename from python/libpt/py-typed
rename to python/libpt/py.typed
diff --git a/scripts/pytests.sh b/scripts/pytests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1971c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/pytests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python -m unittest discover -fs tests/python
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 190a9ad..0a418b7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use pyo3::prelude::*;
 ///
 /// Always returns `true` if you can execute it.
 #[pyfunction]
-pub fn libpt_loaded() -> bool {
+pub fn is_loaded() -> bool {
     true
 }
 
@@ -50,12 +50,13 @@ fn py_logger(py: Python, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// ## Python module: root
 ///
 /// This function is the entry point of [`PyO3`](pyo3). This is where the main module is built.
 #[pymodule]
-fn libpt(py: Python, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
-    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(libpt_loaded, m)?)?;
+fn _libpt(py: Python, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(is_loaded, m)?)?;
 
     // load logger module
     py_logger(py, m)?;
diff --git a/src/logger/mod.rs b/src/logger/mod.rs
index 4c4123d..54f0858 100644
--- a/src/logger/mod.rs
+++ b/src/logger/mod.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@
 //// IMPORTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 use std::{
     fmt,
-    io::Write,
     sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
 };
 
 use env_logger::{
-    fmt::{Formatter, Style},
     Env, Target, WriteStyle,
 };
 use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn, Level};
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ use pyo3::prelude::*;
 //// CONSTANTS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// The log level used when none is specified
 pub const DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: Level = Level::Info;
-/// Register your level to this ENVAR to override the used level
+/// Register your level to this environment variable to override the used level
 pub const LOGGER_ENV_KEY: &'static str = "LIBPT_LOGLEVEL";
 
 //// STATICS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -43,7 +41,8 @@ static INITIALIZED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 ///
 /// ### Setting a [`Level`](log::Level)
 ///
-/// To set a [`Level`](log::Level), you need to set the ENVAR `LIBPT_LOGLEVEL` to either of
+/// To set a [`Level`](log::Level), you need to set the environment variable `LIBPT_LOGLEVEL` 
+/// to either of:
 ///
 /// - `Trace`
 /// - `Debug`
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ static INITIALIZED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 pub struct Logger {}
 
 //// IMPLEMENTATION ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// ## Main implementation
 impl Logger {
     /// ## create a `Logger`
     ///
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ impl Logger {
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// ## Implementation of the python interface
 #[pymethods]
 impl Logger {
     /// ## Python version of [`new()`](Logger::new)
@@ -151,6 +152,12 @@ impl Logger {
     pub fn py_init() {
         Self::init()
     }
+    /// ## Python version of [`init_specialized()`](Logger::init_specialized)
+    #[pyo3(name = "init_specialized")]
+    #[staticmethod]
+    pub fn py_init_specialized(color: bool) {
+        Self::init_specialized(false, color, Target::Stdout)
+    }
     /// ## Python version of [`error()`](Logger::error)
     #[pyo3(name = "error")]
     pub fn py_error(&self, printable: String) {
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index 91cf5df..fe386dc 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 // IMPORTS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 use libpt;
 
+/// ## check if libpt is loaded
 #[test]
-fn loaded_libpt() {
-    assert!(libpt::libpt_loaded())
+fn test_libpt_is_loaded() {
+    assert!(libpt::is_loaded())
 }
diff --git a/tests/python/lib.py b/tests/python/lib.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ed4dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/python/lib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""
+tests for the general behaviour of the libraries availability
+"""
+import unittest
+import libpt
+
+class TestLibptGeneral(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_loaded(self):
+        assert libpt.is_loaded()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+
+
diff --git a/tests/python/test_logger.py b/tests/python/test_logger.py
index e69de29..c13c7c7 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_logger.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""
+test the logger
+"""
+import unittest
+from libpt import logger
+
+class TestLogger(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_basic_logging(self):
+        logger.Logger.init()
+        l = logger.Logger()
+        l.trace("MSG")
+        l.debug("MSG")
+        l.info("MSG")
+        l.warn("MSG")
+        l.error("MSG")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+
+
diff --git a/tests/test_logger_struct.rs b/tests/test_logger_struct.rs
index a63b500..fa676b3 100644
--- a/tests/test_logger_struct.rs
+++ b/tests/test_logger_struct.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ mod test_logger_struct {
 
     use regex::Regex;
 
+    /// ## setup that's needed before testing the logger struct
     fn setup() {
         // we don't want to log messages during our tests!
         Logger::init_specialized(false, false, env_logger::Target::Stdout);
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ mod test_logger_struct {
     /// - [`Logger::info`]
     /// - [`Logger::warn`]
     /// - [`Logger::error`]
+    ///
+    /// After those methods have Successfully been executed, their outputs gets stored in a single
+    /// [`String`] and a [`Regex`] checks if we have five correctly formatted messages.
     #[test]
     fn test_log_basic() {
         std::env::set_var(LOGGER_ENV_KEY, "Trace");
@@ -62,12 +66,15 @@ mod test_logger_struct {
         print!("{}", combined);
 
         // too long, so i split into two lines.
+        // this matches the format of the env_logger perfectly, but make sure that color is off,
+        // else the ANSI escape sequences break this test
         let regex = Regex::new(concat!(
             r"(?m)\[\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}Z ",
             r"(TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR) +libpt::logger\] MSG"
         ))
         .unwrap();
 
+        // we have 5 log levels, therefore we should have 5 captures
         assert_eq!(regex.captures_iter(&combined).count(), 5);
     }