diff --git a/tests/runtests.py b/tests/runtests.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+APP_ROOT = os.path.join(ROOT, '..')
+sys.path.append(APP_ROOT)
+
+os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'settings'
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+# We do this here because settings.py has a tendency to be imported more than
+# once, in certain situations, and we only want one temporary test folder.
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), 'avatars')
+if not os.path.exists(MEDIA_ROOT):
+    os.makedirs(os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, 'test'))
+settings.MEDIA_ROOT = MEDIA_ROOT
+ 
+from django.test.simple import run_tests
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    failures = run_tests(['avatar'], verbosity=1)
+    if failures:
+        sys.exit(failures)
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+from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include, handler500, handler404
+ 
+DEFAULT_CHARSET = 'utf-8'
+ 
+DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3'
+DATABASE_NAME = ':memory:'
+ 
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'settings'
+ 
+SITE_ID = 1
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = (
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sites',
+    'django.contrib.comments',
+    'avatar',
+)
+ 
+TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
+    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source',
+)
+ 
+urlpatterns = patterns('',
+    (r'^avatar/', include('avatar.urls')),
+)
+
+def __exported_functionality__():
+    return (handler500, handler404)
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