diff --git a/src/Console/StartWebSocketServer.php b/src/Console/StartWebSocketServer.php
index 2223e8a..b44b3a0 100644
--- a/src/Console/StartWebSocketServer.php
+++ b/src/Console/StartWebSocketServer.php
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ use React\Socket\Connector;
 
 class StartWebSocketServer extends Command
 {
-    protected $signature = 'websockets:serve {--host=0.0.0.0} {--port=6001} {--debug : Forces the loggers to be enabled and thereby overriding the app.debug config setting } ';
+    protected $signature = 'websockets:serve
+        {--host=0.0.0.0}
+        {--port=6001}
+        {--debug : Forces the loggers to be enabled and thereby overriding the APP_DEBUG setting.}
+        {--test : Prepare the server, but do not start it.}
+    ';
 
     protected $description = 'Start the Laravel WebSocket Server';
 
@@ -142,15 +147,18 @@ class StartWebSocketServer extends Command
 
         $routes = WebSocketsRouter::getRoutes();
 
-        /* 🛰 Start the server 🛰  */
-        (new WebSocketServerFactory())
+        $server = (new WebSocketServerFactory())
             ->setLoop($this->loop)
             ->useRoutes($routes)
             ->setHost($this->option('host'))
             ->setPort($this->option('port'))
             ->setConsoleOutput($this->output)
-            ->createServer()
-            ->run();
+            ->createServer();
+
+        if (! $this->option('test')) {
+            /* 🛰 Start the server 🛰  */
+            $server->run();
+        }
     }
 
     protected function configurePubSubReplication()
diff --git a/tests/Commands/StartWebSocketServerTest.php b/tests/Commands/StartWebSocketServerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3420c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Commands/StartWebSocketServerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Tests\Commands;
+
+use Artisan;
+use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Statistics\Models\WebSocketsStatisticsEntry;
+use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Tests\TestCase;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+
+class StartWebSocketServerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /** @test */
+    public function does_not_fail_if_building_up()
+    {
+        $this->artisan('websockets:serve', ['--test' => true]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(true);
+    }
+}