diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 18bad2b..18b5538 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ INST := /usr/local/bin
 OST := $(shell uname)
 CWD := $(shell pwd)
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+tdmtest : tdmtest.o
+		$(CC) $(OPT) $^ -o $@
+
+tdmtest.o : src/test.cpp lib/$(SRC).hpp $(HPP)
+	$(CC) -c $(OPT) $(LIB) -I lib/ $< -o $@
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # CLI tool
 
@@ -60,7 +68,7 @@ $(SRC).o : lib/$(SRC).cpp lib/$(SRC).hpp $(HPP)
 	$(CC) -c $(OPT) $(LIB) $< -o $@
 
 cpp-clean :
-	rm -f $(EXE) *.o src/main.cpp.cpp
+	rm -f $(EXE) *.o src/main.cpp.cpp tdmtest
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # check process
diff --git a/src/test.cpp b/src/test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82c9190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------- //
+
+#include "tdm_termite.hpp"
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <regex>
+#include <thread>
+#include <chrono>
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------- //
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+  std::string tdmfile(argv[1]);
+  std::string tdxfile(argv[2]);
+
+  std::cout<<tdmfile<<"\n"<<tdxfile<<"\n";
+
+  pugi::xml_document xml_doc;
+  pugi::xml_parse_result xml_result;
+
+  // load XML document from stream
+  std::ifstream fin(tdmfile.c_str());
+  xml_result = xml_doc.load(fin);
+  fin.close();
+
+  std::cout<<"\nloading "<<tdmfile<<": "<<xml_result.description()<<"\n";
+  std::cout<<"encoding: "<<(pugi::xml_encoding)xml_result.encoding<<"\n\n";
+
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(4000));
+
+  return 0;
+}