diff --git a/src/schala_lang/type_check.rs b/src/schala_lang/type_check.rs
index a99c01a..6541c89 100644
--- a/src/schala_lang/type_check.rs
+++ b/src/schala_lang/type_check.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ pub enum TypeVariable {
 pub enum UVar {
   Integer,
   Float,
+  String,
   Boolean,
   Unit,
   Function(Box<TypeVariable>, Box<TypeVariable>),
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ impl TypeContext {
       },
       (&IntLiteral(_), _) => Univ(UVar::Integer),
       (&FloatLiteral(_), _) => Univ(UVar::Float),
+      (&StringLiteral(_), _) => Univ(UVar::String),
       (&BoolLiteral(_), _) => Univ(UVar::Boolean),
       (&Variable(ref name), _) => self.lookup(name).map(|entry| entry.type_var)
         .ok_or(format!("Couldn't find {}", name))?,
@@ -209,3 +211,25 @@ impl TypeContext {
   }
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+  use super::{TypeContext, TypeVariable, UVar};
+  use super::TypeVariable::*;
+  use schala_lang::parsing::{parse, tokenize};
+
+  macro_rules! type_test {
+    ($input:expr, $correct:expr) => {
+      {
+      let mut tc = TypeContext::new();
+      let ast = parse(tokenize($input)).0.unwrap() ;
+      assert_eq!($correct, tc.type_check(&ast).unwrap())
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn basic_inference() {
+    type_test!("30", Univ(UVar::Integer))
+  }
+}
+