diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 86ae504a..388de848 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+
+    kotlin {
+        compilerOptions {
+            // https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-48678/Coroutine-debugger-disable-was-optimised-out-compiler-feature
+            // We don't want local variables to be optimized out while debugging into tests
+            freeCompilerArgs.add("-Xdebug")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 plugins {
     id("com.android.application")
     kotlin("plugin.serialization") version "1.9.0"
@@ -104,4 +116,3 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.androidx.activity.compose)
     implementation(libs.androidx.constraintlayout.compose)
 }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/org/eclipse/kuksa/testapp/model/ConnectionInfoTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/org/eclipse/kuksa/testapp/model/ConnectionInfoTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a91e1b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/org/eclipse/kuksa/testapp/model/ConnectionInfoTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.eclipse.kuksa.testapp.model
+
+import io.kotest.core.spec.style.BehaviorSpec
+import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import java.io.File
+import java.io.FileWriter
+
+class ConnectionInfoTest : BehaviorSpec({
+    given("A custom ConnectionInfo with a custom Certificate") {
+        // Uri is an android specific class, which does not exist in plain JUnit. Methods like Uri.parse will simply
+        // return null due to the addition of testOptions.unitTests.isReturnDefaultValues true
+        val certificate = Certificate(
+            uriPath = "content://com.android.providers.downloads.documents/document/msf%3A1000000116",
+            overrideAuthority = "server",
+        )
+        val classUnderTest = ConnectionInfo(
+            host = "someHost",
+            port = 12345,
+            certificate = certificate,
+            isTlsEnabled = true,
+        )
+        and("it has been serialized to file") {
+            val tempFile = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+                File.createTempFile("connection_info", "tmp")
+            }
+
+            tempFile.outputStream().use {
+                ConnectionInfoSerializer.writeTo(classUnderTest, it)
+            }
+
+            `when`("Trying to de-serialize it") {
+                tempFile.inputStream().use {
+                    val deserializedConnectionInfo = ConnectionInfoSerializer.readFrom(it)
+
+                    then("It should be deserialized correctly") {
+                        deserializedConnectionInfo.host shouldBe classUnderTest.host
+                        deserializedConnectionInfo.port shouldBe classUnderTest.port
+                        deserializedConnectionInfo.isTlsEnabled shouldBe classUnderTest.isTlsEnabled
+                        deserializedConnectionInfo.certificate shouldBe classUnderTest.certificate
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    given("An invalid serialized ConnectionInfo") {
+        val tempFile = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+            File.createTempFile("connection_info", "tmp")
+        }
+
+        withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+            FileWriter(tempFile).use { writer ->
+                writer.write("{ invalid }")
+            }
+        }
+
+        `when`("Trying to de-serialize it") {
+            var isExceptionThrown = false
+            var deserializedConnectionInfo: ConnectionInfo? = null
+            tempFile.inputStream().use {
+                try {
+                    deserializedConnectionInfo = ConnectionInfoSerializer.readFrom(it)
+                } catch (_: Exception) {
+                    isExceptionThrown = true
+                }
+            }
+
+            then("No Exception is thrown") {
+                isExceptionThrown shouldBe false
+            }
+
+            then("We are falling back to the defaultValue") {
+                deserializedConnectionInfo shouldBe ConnectionInfoSerializer.defaultValue
+            }
+        }
+    }
+})