diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index d4df9e9..b2cfe23 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 				"${workspaceFolder}/out/**/*.js",
 				"${workspaceFolder}/dist/**/*.js"
 			],
-			"preLaunchTask": "tasks: watch-tests"
+			"preLaunchTask": "${defaultBuildTask}"
 		}
 	]
 }
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 5c5ac48..7745f0c 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
         "dist": true // set this to false to include "dist" folder in search results
     },
     // Turn off tsc task auto detection since we have the necessary tasks as npm scripts
-    "typescript.tsc.autoDetect": "off"
+    "typescript.tsc.autoDetect": "off",
+    "terminal.integrated.inheritEnv": true,
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/data/testproject1/nbs/00_core.ipynb b/src/test/data/testproject1/nbs/00_core.ipynb
index 9318d9b..d25405a 100644
--- a/src/test/data/testproject1/nbs/00_core.ipynb
+++ b/src/test/data/testproject1/nbs/00_core.ipynb
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "Hello somerthing else"
+    "#|hide\n",
+    "#|eval: false\n",
+    "pass"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/src/test/suite/extension.test.ts b/src/test/suite/extension.test.ts
index 4a60a83..8c9d49e 100644
--- a/src/test/suite/extension.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/suite/extension.test.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@ import path = require('path');
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { getDirectives } from "../../utils/nb";
 
-// const content = fs.readFileSync(nbPath, 'utf8');
-// const notebookJson = JSON.parse(content);
-
-
 suite('Extension Test Suite', () => {
 	const testProjectPath = path.join(__dirname, "data", "testproject1");
 	const nbPath = path.join(testProjectPath, "nbs", "00_core.ipynb");
+
+	const content = fs.readFileSync(nbPath, 'utf8');
+	const notebookJson = JSON.parse(content);
+	const codeCells = notebookJson.cells.filter((x: any) => x.cell_type === 'code');
+	codeCells.getCode = function(index:number) {
+		return this[index].source.join('');
+	};
+
 	vscode.window.showInformationMessage('Start all tests.');
 
 	test('Sample test', () => {
@@ -23,8 +27,22 @@ suite('Extension Test Suite', () => {
 	});
 
     test('nb.getDirectives', () => {
-       const content = fs.readFileSync(nbPath, 'utf8');
-	   console.log(content)
-		assert.strictEqual(-1, -1);
+
+		function checkDirective(cellNum: number, expected: string){
+			//check if the cell has the directive
+			const directives = getDirectives(codeCells.getCode(cellNum));
+			// @ts-ignore
+			assert.ok(expected in directives);
+		}
+
+		// this cell has an export directive
+		checkDirective(1, 'export');
+
+		// this cell has an eval directive
+		checkDirective(3, 'eval');
+
+		// this cell has a hide and eval directive
+		checkDirective(8, 'hide');	
+		checkDirective(8, 'eval');			
 	});
-});
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+});