diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 6a0e210..2895c62 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -67,12 +67,14 @@
   get_url:
     url: "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/{{docker_compose_version_to_install}}/docker-compose-{{ ansible_system }}-{{ ansible_userspace_architecture }}"
     dest: /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+    validate_certs: false
     mode: 755
     group: docker
 
 - name: Set timezone to NewYork
   timezone:
       name: America/New_York
+  ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: Replace sudoers file
   template: src=../roles/common/templates/sudoers.j2 dest=/etc/sudoers
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@
   lineinfile: dest=/etc/fstab
               regexp=\/data
               state=present
-              line="{{ nfs_location }}:/volumeUSB1/usbshare/raw-files/fileserver/shares/lab-data /data nfs defaults 0 0"
+              line="{{ nfs_location }}:/volumeUSB1/usbshare/raw-files/fileserver/shares/lab-data /data nfs defaults,nolock 0 0"
 
 - name: Mount USB lab data directory
   mount:
@@ -115,7 +117,8 @@
     src: 10.0.0.150:/volumeUSB1/usbshare/raw-files/fileserver/shares/lab-data
     state: mounted
     fstype: nfs
-
+  ignore_errors: true
+  
 - name: test for swap partition
   shell: swapon -s | grep -E "^/"
   register: swapfile
@@ -136,6 +139,7 @@
 - name: prepare swapfile
   when: swapfile|failed
   shell: mkswap /swapfile
+  ignore_errors: yes
 
 - name: enable swap
   when: swapfile|failed
diff --git a/roles/developer-machine/tasks/main.yml b/roles/developer-machine/tasks/main.yml
index 1926cb2..3013fec 100644
--- a/roles/developer-machine/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/developer-machine/tasks/main.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@
     src: 10.0.0.150:/volumeUSB1/usbshare/raw-files
     state: mounted
     fstype: nfs
-
+  ignore_errors: true
+  
 - name: Install ngrok
   npm:
     name: ngrok
diff --git a/test-inventory b/test-inventory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4276e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-inventory
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[developer-machines]
+localhost
diff --git a/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-xenial b/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-xenial
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8dba11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-xenial
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+
+MAINTAINER Jacob Cody Wimer <jacob.wimer@gmail.com>
+
+RUN apt-get update -qq \
+    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    apt-get install -y -q \
+      build-essential \
+      python python-dev python-pip \
+      libffi-dev libssl-dev \
+      libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev \
+      git \
+      openssl \
+      openssh-server \
+      ca-certificates \
+      apt-transport-https \
+      sudo \
+    && pip install --upgrade setuptools pip wheel \
+    && pip install --upgrade pyyaml jinja2 pycrypto \
+    && pip install --upgrade pywinrm \
+    && apt-get -qq clean \
+    && rm -rf \
+      /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+      /tmp/* \
+      /var/tmp/*
+
+RUN mkdir /ansible
+VOLUME /ansible
diff --git a/test/ansible-test b/test/ansible-test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3240ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ansible-test
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+pushd /ansible
+pip install pipenv
+pipenv install
+pipenv run ansible-playbook -i test-inventory --connection=local playbooks/site.yml
diff --git a/test/run-tests.sh b/test/run-tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53f6c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/run-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+project_dir="$( dirname $(dirname $(readlink -f $0)))"
+
+docker build -t xenial-ansible -f ${project_dir}/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-xenial ${project_dir}
+
+docker run -it \
+-v ${project_dir}:/ansible \
+-v /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro \
+-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
+--rm --privileged \
+xenial-ansible \
+/ansible/test/ansible-test
+