diff --git a/hooks/test b/hooks/test
index 1dd5538..a66db12 100755
--- a/hooks/test
+++ b/hooks/test
@@ -2,21 +2,14 @@
 
 . hooks/common
 
-run_test() {
-  echo "🐳🐳🐳 Testing '${1}'"
-  VERSION="${1}" docker-compose run netbox ./manage.py test
-  docker-compose down -v
-  echo "🐳🐳🐳 Done testing '${1}'"
-}
-
 # test on builds of 'branches'
 if [ "${BUILD}" == "branches" ] \
    || [ "${DEBUG}" == "true" ]; then
-  run_test latest
-  run_test snapshot
+  ./test.sh latest
+  ./test.sh snapshot
 # test on bulds of 'this' (i.e. pull request)
 elif [ "${BUILD}" == "this" ]; then
-  run_test latest
+  ./test.sh latest
 else
   echo "🐳🐳🐳 No tests are implemented for build '${BUILD}'."
 fi
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d6d784a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# exit when a command exits with an exit code != 0
+set -e
+
+# version is used by `docker-compose.yml` do determine the tag
+# of the Docker Image that is to be used
+export VERSION=${VERSION-latest}
+
+test_netbox_unit_tests() {
+  echo "⏱ Running Netbox Unit Tests"
+  docker-compose run --rm netbox ./manage.py test
+}
+
+test_initializers() {
+  echo "🏗 Testing Initializers"
+
+  mkdir initializers_test
+  (
+    cd initializers
+    for script in *.yml; do
+      sed -E 's/^# //' "${script}" > "../initializers_test/${script}"
+    done
+  )
+  mv initializers initializers_original
+  mv initializers_test initializers
+
+  docker-compose run --rm netbox ./manage.py check
+}
+
+test_cleanup() {
+  echo "💣 Cleaning Up"
+  docker-compose down -v
+  rm -rf initializers
+  mv initializers_original initializers
+}
+
+echo "🐳🐳🐳 Start testing '${VERSION}'"
+
+# Make sure the cleanup script is executed
+trap test_cleanup EXIT ERR
+
+test_netbox_unit_tests
+test_initializers
+
+echo "🐳🐳🐳 Done testing '${VERSION}'"