diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/tests/conftest.py b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6242ebbe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import pytest_container
+import os
+
+
+CB = pytest_container.Container(
+        url=f"containers-storage:{os.environ['REGISTRY']}/{os.environ['IMAGE_NAME']}",
+        extra_environment_variables={
+            "MODEL_SERVICE_ENDPOINT": "http://10.88.0.1:8001/v1"
+        },
+        forwarded_ports=[
+            pytest_container.PortForwarding(
+                container_port=8501,
+                host_port=8501
+            )
+        ],
+        extra_launch_args=["--net=host"]
+    )
+
+def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
+    pytest_container.auto_container_parametrize(metafunc)
+
+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    pytest_container.add_logging_level_options(parser)
diff --git a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/tests/test_alive.py b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/tests/test_alive.py
index ace0d4240..dd7f23e0e 100644
--- a/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/tests/test_alive.py
+++ b/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot/tests/test_alive.py
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
-def test_placeholder():
-    assert 1 == 1
+import pytest_container
+from .conftest import MS
+import tenacity
+
+CONTAINER_IMAGES = [CB]
+
+def test_etc_os_release_present(auto_container: pytest_container.container.ContainerData):
+    assert auto_container.connection.file("/etc/os-release").exists
+
+@tenacity.retry(stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(5), wait=tenacity.wait_exponential())
+def test_alive(auto_container: pytest_container.container.ContainerData, host):
+    host.run_expect([0],f"curl http://localhost:{auto_container.forwarded_ports[0].host_port}",).stdout.strip()