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index 4d0cbd4..63338e2 100644
--- a/deno.lock
+++ b/deno.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
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diff --git a/mod.ts b/mod.ts
index 350d123..2db3dc2 100644
--- a/mod.ts
+++ b/mod.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import AO3 from "./src/classes/AO3.ts";
 export default AO3;
 
-export * from "./src/classes/AO3.ts";
-export * from "./src/classes/Chapter.ts";
-export * from "./src/classes/Search.ts";
-export * from "./src/classes/Work.ts";
+import Chapter from "./src/classes/Chapter.ts";
+import Search from "./src/classes/Search.ts";
+import Work from "./src/classes/Work.ts";
+export { AO3, Chapter, Search, Work };
diff --git a/src/classes/Chapter.ts b/src/classes/Chapter.ts
index d482744..f1ebe66 100644
--- a/src/classes/Chapter.ts
+++ b/src/classes/Chapter.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export default class Chapter {
     }
 
     async init() {
-        console.log("initing chapter");
         const res = await this.#session.get(
             `/works/${this.#workID}/chapters/${this.#id}?view_adult=true`,
         );
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ export default class Chapter {
             ),
         ).forEach(
             (t) => this.#text += (t as Element).innerText + "\n",
-            console.log(this.#text),
         );
         try {
             this.#text = this.#text.trim();
@@ -131,7 +129,6 @@ export default class Chapter {
                 ),
             ).forEach(
                 (t) => this.#text += (t as Element).innerText + "\n",
-                console.log(this.#text),
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/classes/Work.ts b/src/classes/Work.ts
index 1016d5c..e096389 100644
--- a/src/classes/Work.ts
+++ b/src/classes/Work.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ export default class Work {
     id: ID;
     #document: HTMLDocument;
     #DOMParser: DOMParser;
+    /**
+     * the name of the work
+     */
+    name = "";
     /**
      * a list of Chapters in the work
      */
@@ -62,11 +66,17 @@ export default class Work {
 
     //jank incarnate
     async init() {
+        this.populateMetadata();
         this.populateTags();
         this.populateDates();
         await this.populateChapters();
     }
 
+    populateMetadata() {
+        this.name = (this.#document.querySelector("h2.title") as Element)
+            .innerText.trim();
+    }
+
     populateTags() {
         Array.from(
             (this.#document.querySelector("dd.fandom > ul.commas") as Element)
diff --git a/tests/chapter.ts b/tests/chapter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..049adeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/chapter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+//FIXME: we need to test single-chapter works too (because those seem to be really inconsistent for some reason?)
+import AO3 from "../mod.ts";
+import { Work } from "../mod.ts";
+import { assert } from "https://deno.land/std@0.167.0/testing/asserts.ts";
+
+export default async function test(ao3: AO3) {
+    await Deno.test("chapters", async (test) => {
+        const work = await ao3.getWork("43251729");
+        await work.init();
+
+        assert(work.chapters.length > 0, "chapters array is not initialized");
+        await test.step("IDs", async () => {
+            assert(
+                await work.chapters[0].id === "108714198",
+                "incorrect chapter ID",
+            );
+            assert(
+                await work.chapters[0].workID === "43251729",
+                "incorrect work ID",
+            ); //why do we even store the work's ID publicly in a chapter?
+        });
+        await test.step("name", async () => {
+            assert(
+                await work.chapters[0].name === "Welcome to the Studio",
+                "incorrect/missing chapter names",
+            );
+        });
+        await test.step("content", async () => {
+            //FIXME: this should probably be tested better
+            assert(
+                (await work.chapters[0].text).length > 0,
+                "text/content is completely missing",
+            );
+        });
+        await test.step("notes and summary", async () => {
+            //FIXME: write a chapter of my fic (lol) that includes a summary and end note for testing
+            assert(
+                await work.chapters[3].startNote ===
+                    `If you haven't noticed yet, most of these chapters are named after Bendy fansongs
+
+
+This is definitely because I'm trying to be smart and cool and make funny references, and definitely not because I'm uncreative :)`,
+                "incorrect start note parsing",
+            );
+        });
+    });
+}
diff --git a/tests/index.ts b/tests/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79eaea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import AO3 from "../src/classes/AO3.ts";
+import workTest from "./work.ts";
+import chaptersTest from "./chapter.ts";
+
+const ao3 = new AO3();
+
+await workTest(ao3);
+await chaptersTest(ao3);
diff --git a/tests/search.ts b/tests/search.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/work.ts b/tests/work.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff7afb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/work.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import AO3 from "../mod.ts";
+import type { Work } from "../mod.ts";
+import { assert } from "https://deno.land/std@0.167.0/testing/asserts.ts";
+
+export default async function test(ao3: AO3) {
+    await Deno.test("works", async (test) => {
+        let work: Work;
+        await test.step("initialization", async () => {
+            work = await ao3.getWork("43251729");
+            await work.init();
+        });
+
+        await test.step("tags", async (test) => {
+            assert(work.tags.length > 0, "Failed to parse any tags");
+            await test.step("fandoms", () => {
+                assert(
+                    work.tags.includes("Bendy and the Ink Machine"),
+                    "Failed to get correct fandom tags",
+                );
+            });
+            await test.step("characters", () => {
+                assert(
+                    work.tags.includes("Bendy (Bendy and the Ink Machine)"),
+                    "Failed to get correct character tags",
+                );
+            });
+            await test.step("ships", () => {
+                assert(
+                    work.tags.includes(
+                        "Bendy (Bendy and the Ink Machine)/Reader",
+                    ),
+                    "Failed to get correct ship tags",
+                );
+            });
+            await test.step("freeforms", () => {
+                assert(
+                    work.tags.includes("no beta read we die like sammy"),
+                    "Failed to get correct freeform tags",
+                );
+            });
+        });
+
+        await test.step("other metadata", () => {
+            assert(
+                work.name === "Inky Desires [Bendy X Reader]",
+                "incorrect work name",
+            );
+        });
+    });
+}