diff --git a/libimagruby/test/test_store.rb b/libimagruby/test/test_store.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'fiddle'
+
+INIT_FN = 'imag_ruby_initialize'
+
+for targ in %w(debug)
+  begin
+    lib = Fiddle::dlopen "../target/#{targ}/liblibimagruby.so"
+    Fiddle::Function::new(lib[INIT_FN], [], Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP).call
+    break;
+  rescue Fiddle::DLError
+  end
+end
+
+color = true
+verbose = true
+debug = true
+
+Imag.init_logger debug, verbose, color
+
+store_handle = RStoreHandle::new(false, "/tmp/store")
+id = RStoreId::new_baseless("test")
+test_handle = store_handle.create(id)
+
+Imag.info "Created #{test_handle.location.to_str} from Ruby"
+