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 ```
 bundle exec rake rspec
 ```
+
+## Contributing
+We are always looking for contributions to OSEM. Here is how you can: 
+
+* Fork the repository and make a pull-request with your changes
+  * Make sure that the test suite passes (we have travis enabled) before you request a pull and that you comply to our ruby stlyeguide (we make use of [hound-ci](https://houndci.com/)).
+  * Please make sure to mind what travis and hound tell you! :-)
+* One of the OSEM maintainers will review your pull-request 
+  * If you are already a contributor (means you're in the [group osem-committers](https://github.com/orgs/openSUSE/teams/osem-committers)) and you get a positive review, you can merge your pull-request yourself
+  * If you are not a contributor already please request a merge via the pull-request comments