diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index a7701fd..9bebd7b 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 *.cpp
-*.tex
\ No newline at end of file
+*.tex
+*.ipynb_checkpoints
+*.nbconvert.ipynb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_math_helper.py b/tests/test_math_helper.py
index b5016ad..962eb7b 100644
--- a/tests/test_math_helper.py
+++ b/tests/test_math_helper.py
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from Slides import math_helper as mh
 import numpy as np
 from sympy import Matrix
+import subprocess
 
 
 def test_print_colored_matrix():
     mh.init_printing()
     a = Matrix(np.zeros((2, 2)))
     a = mh.ColoredMatrix(a)
     mh.print_latex('{0}', a)
+
+
+def test_jupyter_notebook():
+    ret = subprocess.call(
+        "jupyter nbconvert --to notebook "
+        "--execute math_test.ipynb",
+        shell=True)
+    if ret:
+        raise RuntimeError("could not execute the notebook")