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diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/examples/__init__.py b/pytorch_lightning/examples/__init__.py
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+from .new_project_templates.lightning_module_template import LightningTemplateModel
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diff --git a/tests/test_models.py b/tests/test_models.py
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+import pytest
+from pytorch_lightning import Trainer
+from pytorch_lightning.examples.new_project_templates.lightning_module_template import LightningTemplateModel
+from argparse import Namespace
+from test_tube import Experiment
+import os
+
+
+def get_model():
+    root_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+    hparams = Namespace(**{'drop_prob': 0.2,
+                           'batch_size': 32,
+                           'in_features': 28*28,
+                           'learning_rate': 0.001*8,
+                           'optimizer_name': 'adam',
+                           'data_root': os.path.join(root_dir, 'mnist'),
+                           'out_features': 10,
+                           'hidden_dim': 1000})
+    model = LightningTemplateModel(hparams)
+
+    return model
+
+def get_exp():
+    exp = Experiment(debug=True)
+    return exp
+
+def test_cpu_model():
+    model = get_model()
+
+    trainer = Trainer(
+        experiment=get_exp(),
+        max_nb_epochs=1,
+        train_percent_check=0.4,
+        val_percent_check=0.4
+    )
+
+    result = trainer.fit(model)
+
+    assert result == 1
+
+
+def test_single_gpu_model():
+    model = get_model()
+
+    trainer = Trainer(
+        experiment=get_exp(),
+        max_nb_epochs=1,
+        train_percent_check=0.4,
+        val_percent_check=0.4,
+        gpus=[0]
+    )
+
+    result = trainer.fit(model)
+
+    assert result == 1
+
+
+def test_multi_gpu_model_dp():
+    model = get_model()
+
+    trainer = Trainer(
+        experiment=get_exp(),
+        max_nb_epochs=1,
+        train_percent_check=0.4,
+        val_percent_check=0.4,
+        gpus=[0, 1]
+    )
+
+    result = trainer.fit(model)
+
+    assert result == 1
+
+
+def test_multi_gpu_model_ddp():
+    model = get_model()
+
+    trainer = Trainer(
+        experiment=get_exp(),
+        max_nb_epochs=1,
+        train_percent_check=0.4,
+        val_percent_check=0.4,
+        gpus=[0, 1],
+        distributed_backend='ddp'
+    )
+
+    result = trainer.fit(model)
+
+    assert result == 1
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    pytest.main([__file__])