diff --git a/Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering Tests/Advanced Software Engineering Tests.csproj b/Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering Tests/Advanced Software Engineering Tests.csproj
index 5273c4f..1711911 100644
--- a/Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering Tests/Advanced Software Engineering Tests.csproj	
+++ b/Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering Tests/Advanced Software Engineering Tests.csproj	
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="1.2.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Advanced Software Engineering\Advanced Software Engineering.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering Tests/SettingsAndHelperFunctionsTester.cs b/Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering Tests/SettingsAndHelperFunctionsTester.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ea4845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering Tests/SettingsAndHelperFunctionsTester.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using Advanced_Software_Engineering;
+using System;
+
+namespace Advanced_Software_Engineering_Tests {
+    [TestClass]
+    public class SettingsAndHelperFunctionsTester {
+        string alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxzy";
+        char space = " "[0];
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestStrip_Random1() {
+            Random rand = new Random();
+
+            for (int test = 0; test < 200; test++) {
+                int until = rand.Next(50);
+                string correctOutput = "";
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < until; i++) {
+                    correctOutput += alphabet[rand.Next(alphabet.Length)];
+                }
+
+                string obfuscatedInput = correctOutput;
+
+                until = rand.Next(50);
+                for (int i = 0; i < until; i++) {
+                    if (rand.Next(1) == 0) obfuscatedInput += space;
+                }
+
+                until = rand.Next(50);
+                for (int i = 0; i < until; i++) {
+                    if (rand.Next(1) == 0) obfuscatedInput = space + obfuscatedInput;
+                }
+
+                Assert.AreEqual(correctOutput, SettingsAndHelperFunctions.Strip(obfuscatedInput));
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestStrip_Manual1() {
+            string input = "     a simple sentence surrounded by spaces                ";
+            string expected = "a simple sentence surrounded by spaces";
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(expected, SettingsAndHelperFunctions.Strip(input));
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering Tests/UnitTest1.cs b/Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering Tests/UnitTest1.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 95e3b7c..0000000
--- a/Advanced Software Engineering/Advanced Software Engineering Tests/UnitTest1.cs	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
-
-namespace Advanced_Software_Engineering_Tests {
-    [TestClass]
-    public class UnitTest1 {
-        [TestMethod]
-        public void TestMethod1() {
-        }
-    }
-}