diff --git a/app/partition.py b/app/partition.py
index 0f44402..8f707fc 100644
--- a/app/partition.py
+++ b/app/partition.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from qiskit.converters import circuit_to_dagdependency
 from qiskit.dagcircuit import DAGDependency
 
+PATH_KAHYPAR_CONFIG = "./../kahypar.ini"
+
 
 def dag_to_hypergraph(dag: DAGDependency, k=2):
     n = len(dag.qubits)
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ def get_partitions(circuit_or_dag, num_partitions, max_partition_size, verbose=F
         raise TypeError("Input has to be either a QuantumCircuit or DAGDependency")
     hypergraph = dag_to_hypergraph(dag, num_partitions)
     context = kahypar.Context()
-    context.loadINIconfiguration("kahypar.ini")
+    context.loadINIconfiguration(PATH_KAHYPAR_CONFIG)
     context.setK(num_partitions)
     if isinstance(max_partition_size, int):
         max_partition_size = [max_partition_size for _ in range(num_partitions)]
diff --git a/test/test_partition.py b/test/test_partition.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c42a495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_partition.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import unittest
+import numpy as np
+from qiskit.circuit.library import EfficientSU2
+
+from app.partition import get_partitions
+
+
+class PartitionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_get_partitions(self):
+        num_qubits = 7
+        num_partitions = 2
+        circuit = EfficientSU2(
+            num_qubits=num_qubits,
+            reps=2,
+            entanglement="full",
+            su2_gates=["ry"],
+        )
+        circuit = circuit.decompose()
+
+        params = [(np.pi * i) / 16 for i in range(len(circuit.parameters))]
+        circuit = circuit.bind_parameters(params)
+        partitions, partition_sizes = get_partitions(
+            circuit,
+            num_partitions=num_partitions,
+            max_partition_size=int(np.ceil(num_qubits / 2)),
+        )
+        print(partitions)
+        print(partition_sizes)
+        self.assertEquals(len(partition_sizes), num_partitions)
+        self.assertTrue(
+            all([size <= np.ceil(num_qubits / 2) for size in partition_sizes])
+        )