diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f8db537b..26291c90 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -142,3 +142,13 @@ REACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
 ```
 
 Additionally, you should set `REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL` to the URL of the FastAPI backend. This should be `http://127.0.0.1:8080` when developing locally.
+
+## Testing
+
+To run the tests, you can use the following commands:
+
+```bash
+make test
+make test-frontend  # Run only the frontend tests
+make test-backend  # Run only the backend tests
+```
diff --git a/store/settings/__init__.py b/store/settings/__init__.py
index e0dea64f..5024fd4b 100644
--- a/store/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/store/settings/__init__.py
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ def _check_exists(path: Path) -> Path:
     return path
 
 
-def _load_environment_settings() -> EnvironmentSettings:
-    if "ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT_SECRETS" in os.environ:
-        load_dotenv(os.environ["ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT_SECRETS"])
-    environment = os.environ["ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT"]
+def _load_settings(environment: str) -> EnvironmentSettings:
     base_dir = (Path(__file__).parent / "configs").resolve()
     config_path = _check_exists(base_dir / f"{environment}.yaml")
     config = OmegaConf.load(config_path)
@@ -29,6 +26,13 @@ def _load_environment_settings() -> EnvironmentSettings:
     return cast(EnvironmentSettings, config)
 
 
+def _load_environment_settings() -> EnvironmentSettings:
+    if "ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT_SECRETS" in os.environ:
+        load_dotenv(os.environ["ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT_SECRETS"])
+    environment = os.environ["ROBOLIST_ENVIRONMENT"]
+    return _load_settings(environment)
+
+
 class _LazyLoadSettings(Generic[T]):
     def __init__(self, func: Callable[[], T]) -> None:
         super().__init__()
diff --git a/store/settings/configs/production.yaml b/store/settings/configs/production.yaml
index 26b3269e..c4969843 100644
--- a/store/settings/configs/production.yaml
+++ b/store/settings/configs/production.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ crypto:
 site:
   homepage: https://robolist.xyz
   image_url: https://media.robolist.xyz
-  api: https://robolist.xyz
diff --git a/tests/test_settings.py b/tests/test_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf4ad456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""Tests that the configurations are all valid."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import store.settings
+
+
+def test_all_configs_are_valid() -> None:
+    assert (configs_root := (Path(store.settings.__file__).parent / "configs").resolve()).exists()
+    assert len(config_files := list(configs_root.glob("*.yaml"))) > 0
+    for config_file in config_files:
+        store.settings._load_settings(config_file.stem)