diff --git a/tests/log-level.test.ts b/tests/log-level.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a7d386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/log-level.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import {expect, jest, test} from '@jest/globals';
+import * as log_level from '../src/log-level';
+
+describe('Logger', () => {
+    it('can be instantiated', () => {
+        //const logger = new log_level.Logger('test', 0);
+    })
+});
+
+describe('getLevelName', () => {
+    it('numeric to textual representation of built-ins', () => {
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName(log_level.CRITICAL)
+        ).toBe('CRITICAL');
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName(log_level.FATAL)
+        ).toBe('CRITICAL');
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName(log_level.ERROR)
+        ).toBe('ERROR');
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName(log_level.WARNING)
+        ).toBe('WARNING');
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName(log_level.WARN)
+        ).toBe('WARNING');
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName(log_level.INFO)
+        ).toBe('INFO');
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName(log_level.DEBUG)
+        ).toBe('DEBUG');
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName(log_level.NOTSET)
+        ).toBe('NOTSET');
+    });
+
+    it('textual to numeric representation of built-ins', () => {
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName('CRITICAL')
+        ).toBe(log_level.CRITICAL);
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName('FATAL')
+        ).toBe(`Level FATAL`);
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName('ERROR')
+        ).toBe(log_level.ERROR);
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName('WARNING')
+        ).toBe(log_level.WARNING);
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName('WARN')
+        ).toBe('Level WARN');
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName('INFO')
+        ).toBe(log_level.INFO);
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName('DEBUG')
+        ).toBe(log_level.DEBUG);
+        expect(
+            log_level.getLevelName('NOTSET')
+        ).toBe(log_level.NOTSET);
+    });
+});
+
+
+describe('addLevelName', () => {
+    it('numeric to textual representation of built-ins', () => {
+        log_level.addLevelName(80, 'FOOBAR');
+        expect(log_level.getLevelName(80)).toBe('FOOBAR');
+        expect(log_level.getLevelName('FOOBAR')).toBe(80);
+    })
+});
diff --git a/tests/test.ts b/tests/test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 13ee6f7..0000000
--- a/tests/test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-import {expect, jest, test} from '@jest/globals';
-
-describe('Logger', () => {
-    it('can be instantiated', () => {
-        //const logger = new logging.log_level.Logger('test', 0);
-    })
-});
-
-describe('getLevelName', () => {
-    var logging: any;
-
-    beforeEach(() => {
-        // there are a couple of singletons, which I'm not yet sure if they need
-        // to be reloaded for every test case
-        logging = require('../src');
-    });
-
-    it('numeric to textual representation of built-ins', () => {
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName(logging.log_level.CRITICAL)
-        ).toBe('CRITICAL');
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName(logging.log_level.FATAL)
-        ).toBe('CRITICAL');
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName(logging.log_level.ERROR)
-        ).toBe('ERROR');
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName(logging.log_level.WARNING)
-        ).toBe('WARNING');
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName(logging.log_level.WARN)
-        ).toBe('WARNING');
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName(logging.log_level.INFO)
-        ).toBe('INFO');
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName(logging.log_level.DEBUG)
-        ).toBe('DEBUG');
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName(logging.log_level.NOTSET)
-        ).toBe('NOTSET');
-    });
-
-    it('textual to numeric representation of built-ins', () => {
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName('CRITICAL')
-        ).toBe(logging.log_level.CRITICAL);
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName('FATAL')
-        ).toBe(`Level FATAL`);
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName('ERROR')
-        ).toBe(logging.log_level.ERROR);
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName('WARNING')
-        ).toBe(logging.log_level.WARNING);
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName('WARN')
-        ).toBe('Level WARN');
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName('INFO')
-        ).toBe(logging.log_level.INFO);
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName('DEBUG')
-        ).toBe(logging.log_level.DEBUG);
-        expect(
-            logging.log_level.getLevelName('NOTSET')
-        ).toBe(logging.log_level.NOTSET);
-    });
-});
-
-
-describe('addLevelName', () => {
-    var logging: any;
-
-    beforeEach(() => {
-        logging = require('../src');
-    });
-
-    it('numeric to textual representation of built-ins', () => {
-        logging.log_level.addLevelName(80, 'FOOBAR');
-        expect(logging.log_level.getLevelName(80)).toBe('FOOBAR');
-        expect(logging.log_level.getLevelName('FOOBAR')).toBe(80);
-    })
-});