diff --git a/src/adapters/ipfs/index.js b/src/adapters/ipfs/index.js
index aeccc2b..1fd7fb8 100644
--- a/src/adapters/ipfs/index.js
+++ b/src/adapters/ipfs/index.js
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ const IpfsAdapter = require('./ipfs')
 const IpfsCoordAdapter = require('./ipfs-coord')
 
 class IPFS {
-  constructor (localConfig) {
+  constructor (localConfig = {}) {
     // Encapsulate dependencies
     this.ipfsAdapter = new IpfsAdapter()
+    this.IpfsCoordAdapter = IpfsCoordAdapter
 
     this.ipfsCoordAdapter = {} // placeholder
 
@@ -28,11 +29,13 @@ class IPFS {
       this.ipfs = this.ipfsAdapter.ipfs
 
       // Start ipfs-coord
-      this.ipfsCoordAdapter = new IpfsCoordAdapter({
+      this.ipfsCoordAdapter = new this.IpfsCoordAdapter({
         ipfs: this.ipfs
       })
       await this.ipfsCoordAdapter.start()
       console.log('ipfs-coord is ready.')
+
+      return true
     } catch (err) {
       console.error('Error in adapters/ipfs/index.js/start()')
       throw err
diff --git a/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js b/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js
index 2df22e8..7406afd 100644
--- a/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js
+++ b/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class IpfsCoordAdapter {
 
     // Encapsulate dependencies
     this.IpfsCoord = IpfsCoord
+    this.ipfsCoord = {}
     this.bchjs = new BCHJS()
     // this.rpc = new JSONRPC()
     this.config = config
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/ipfs-coord.adapter.unit.js b/test/unit/adapters/ipfs-coord.adapter.unit.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..137ac45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/ipfs-coord.adapter.unit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+  Unit tests for the IPFS Adapter.
+*/
+
+const assert = require('chai').assert
+const sinon = require('sinon')
+
+const IPFSCoordAdapter = require('../../../src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord')
+const IPFSMock = require('../mocks/ipfs-mock')
+const IPFSCoordMock = require('../mocks/ipfs-coord-mock')
+
+describe('#IPFS', () => {
+  let uut
+  let sandbox
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const ipfs = IPFSMock.create()
+    uut = new IPFSCoordAdapter({ ipfs })
+
+    sandbox = sinon.createSandbox()
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => sandbox.restore())
+
+  describe('#constructor', () => {
+    it('should throw an error if ipfs instance is not included', () => {
+      try {
+        uut = new IPFSCoordAdapter()
+
+        assert.fail('Unexpected code path')
+      } catch (err) {
+        assert.include(
+          err.message,
+          'Instance of IPFS must be passed when instantiating ipfs-coord.'
+        )
+      }
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('#start', () => {
+    it('should return a promise that resolves into an instance of IPFS.', async () => {
+      // Mock dependencies.
+      uut.IpfsCoord = IPFSCoordMock
+
+      const result = await uut.start()
+      // console.log('result: ', result)
+
+      assert.equal(result, true)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('#attachRPCRouter', () => {
+    it('should attached a router output', async () => {
+      // Mock dependencies
+      uut.ipfsCoord = {
+        privateLog: {},
+        ipfs: {
+          orbitdb: {
+            privateLog: {}
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      const router = console.log
+
+      uut.attachRPCRouter(router)
+    })
+
+    it('should throw an error if ipfs-coord has not been instantiated', () => {
+      try {
+        const router = console.log
+
+        uut.attachRPCRouter(router)
+
+        assert.fail('Unexpected code path')
+      } catch (err) {
+        assert.include(err.message, 'Cannot read property')
+      }
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/ipfs-index.adapter.unit.js b/test/unit/adapters/ipfs-index.adapter.unit.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36190f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/ipfs-index.adapter.unit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+  Unit tests for the index.js file for the IPFS and ipfs-coord libraries.
+*/
+
+const assert = require('chai').assert
+const sinon = require('sinon')
+
+const IPFSLib = require('../../../src/adapters/ipfs')
+const IPFSMock = require('../mocks/ipfs-mock')
+const IPFSCoordMock = require('../mocks/ipfs-coord-mock')
+
+describe('#IPFS', () => {
+  let uut
+  let sandbox
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    uut = new IPFSLib()
+
+    sandbox = sinon.createSandbox()
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => sandbox.restore())
+
+  describe('#start', () => {
+    it('should return a promise that resolves into an instance of IPFS.', async () => {
+      // Mock dependencies.
+      uut.ipfsAdapter = new IPFSMock()
+      uut.IpfsCoordAdapter = IPFSCoordMock
+
+      const result = await uut.start()
+
+      assert.equal(result, true)
+    })
+
+    it('should catch and throw an error', async () => {
+      try {
+        // Force an error
+        sandbox.stub(uut.ipfsAdapter, 'start').rejects(new Error('test error'))
+
+        await uut.start()
+
+        assert.fail('Unexpected code path.')
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.log(err)
+        assert.include(err.message, 'test error')
+      }
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/ipfs.adapter.unit.js b/test/unit/adapters/ipfs.adapter.unit.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a41200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/ipfs.adapter.unit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+  Unit tests for the IPFS Adapter.
+*/
+
+const assert = require('chai').assert
+const sinon = require('sinon')
+
+const IPFSLib = require('../../../src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs')
+const IPFSMock = require('../mocks/ipfs-mock')
+
+describe('#IPFS', () => {
+  let uut
+  let sandbox
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    uut = new IPFSLib()
+
+    sandbox = sinon.createSandbox()
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => sandbox.restore())
+
+  describe('#start', () => {
+    it('should return a promise that resolves into an instance of IPFS.', async () => {
+      // Mock dependencies.
+      uut.IPFS = IPFSMock
+
+      const result = await uut.start()
+      // console.log('result: ', result)
+
+      assert.equal(uut.isReady, true)
+
+      assert.property(result, 'config')
+    })
+
+    it('should catch and throw an error', async () => {
+      try {
+        // Force an error
+        sandbox.stub(uut.IPFS, 'create').rejects(new Error('test error'))
+
+        await uut.start()
+
+        assert.fail('Unexpected code path.')
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.log(err)
+        assert.include(err.message, 'test error')
+      }
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/mocks/ipfs-coord-mock.js b/test/unit/mocks/ipfs-coord-mock.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1924a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/mocks/ipfs-coord-mock.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+  Mocks for the ipfs-coord library
+*/
+
+class IPFSCoord {
+  async isReady () {
+    return true
+  }
+
+  async start () {}
+}
+
+module.exports = IPFSCoord
diff --git a/test/unit/mocks/ipfs-mock.js b/test/unit/mocks/ipfs-mock.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff45da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/mocks/ipfs-mock.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+  Mocks for the js-ipfs
+*/
+
+class IPFS {
+  constructor () {
+    this.ipfs = {}
+  }
+
+  static create () {
+    const mockIpfs = new MockIpfsInstance()
+
+    return mockIpfs
+  }
+
+  async start () {}
+}
+
+class MockIpfsInstance {
+  constructor () {
+    this.config = {
+      profiles: {
+        apply: () => {}
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  stop () {}
+}
+
+module.exports = IPFS