diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a113c237..967b2ac1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 # Read requirements.txt, ignore comments
 try:
     with open("requirements.txt", "r") as f:
-        REQUIRES = [line.split('#', 1)[0].strip() for line in f if line.strip()]
-except:
-    print("'requirements.txt' not found!")
-    REQUIRES = list()
+        REQUIRES = [line.split("#", 1)[0].strip() for line in f if line.strip()]
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    raise FileNotFoundError("requirements.txt not found!")
 
 setup(
     name="FinGPT",
diff --git a/tests/test_setup.py b/tests/test_setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f66110ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import os
+import pytest
+
+def test_requirements_exists():
+    assert os.path.exists("requirements.txt")
+
+def test_requirements_not_empty():
+    with open("requirements.txt", "r") as f:
+        lines = [line.strip() for line in f if line.strip()]
+        assert len(lines) > 0
+
+def test_requirements_commented_lines():
+    with open("requirements.txt", "r") as f:
+        for line in f:
+            assert "#" in line or line.strip() != ""
+
+def test_setup_runs():
+    import subprocess
+    result = subprocess.run(["python", "setup.py", "--name"], capture_output=True, text=True)
+    assert "FinGPT" in result.stdout