diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 16e655f..f271d3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
     workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-    test:
+    integration-tests:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
         steps:
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ jobs:
             - name: Install dependencies
               run: composer install
 
-            - name: Set up Docker Compose
-              uses: docker/setup-compose-action@v1
-
-            - name: Prepare data directory with correct permissions
-              run: |
-                  mkdir -p ./tests/.litebase
-                  chmod 777 ./tests/.litebase
-
             - name: Run integration tests
               run: vendor/bin/pest tests/Integration
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 84f03e1..2a52f3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ jobs:
               run: composer install --no-interaction --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader
 
             - name: Tests
-              run: ./vendor/bin/pest --ci
+              run: ./vendor/bin/pest tests/Unit --ci
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b541b8..714a332 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,13 +9,45 @@ A PHP SDK for interacting with [Litebase](https://github.com/litebase/litebase),
 You can install the package via composer:
 
 ```bash
-composer require ...
+composer require litebase/litebase-php
 ```
 
 ## Usage
 
-``` php
-// Usage description here
+```php
+use Litebase\Configuration;
+use Litebase\LitebasePDO;
+
+$pdo = new LitebasePDO([
+    'host' => 'localhost',
+    'port' => 8888,
+    'token' => 'your_api_token',
+    'database' => 'your_database_name/main',
+]);
+
+$statement = $pdo->prepare('SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?');
+$statement->execute([1]);
+$result = $statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+foreach ($result as $row) {
+    print_r($row);
+}
+
+// Use transactions
+$pdo = $pdo->beginTransaction();
+
+try {
+    $statement = $pdo->prepare('INSERT INTO users (name, email) VALUES (?, ?)');
+    $statement->execute(['John Doe', 'john@example.com']);
+
+    $statement = $pdo->prepare('INSERT INTO logs (user_id, action) VALUES (?, ?)');
+    $statement->execute([$pdo->lastInsertId(), 'user_created']);
+    
+    $pdo->commit();
+} catch (\Exception $e) {
+    $pdo->rollBack();
+    throw $e;
+}
 ```
 
 ## Contributing
@@ -24,10 +56,17 @@ Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/litebase/litebase-php?tab=contribut
 
 ### Testing
 
+You can run the tests with:
 ``` bash
 composer test
 ```
 
+Integration test requires a running Litebase instance. You can start one using Docker:
+
+```bash
+docker run -d -p 8888:8888 --name litebase litebase/litebase:latest
+```
+
 ## Code of Conduct
 
 Please see [CODE OF CONDUCT](https://github.com/litebase/litebase-php?tab=coc-ov-file) for details.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8969c1c..4a8652d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
         "generate_open_api": "openapi-generator-cli generate -c openapi_config.yaml",
         "phpstan": "vendor/bin/phpstan analyse -c phpstan.neon --memory-limit=512M src tests",
         "pint": "vendor/bin/pint --no-interaction",
-        "test": "vendor/bin/pest",
+        "test": "vendor/bin/pest tests/Unit",
+        "test-integration": "vendor/bin/pest tests/Integration",
         "test-coverage": "vendor/bin/pest --coverage-html coverage"
     }
 }
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 57d0b5d..aa1f42e 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 >
     <testsuites>
         <testsuite name="Test Suite">
+            <directory>tests/Integration</directory>
             <directory>tests/Unit</directory>
         </testsuite>
     </testsuites>
diff --git a/tests/Integration/ApiClientTest.php b/tests/Integration/ApiClientTest.php
index ef1eae0..adc918e 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/ApiClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/ApiClientTest.php
@@ -18,38 +18,21 @@
 $client = new ApiClient($configuration);
 
 beforeAll(function () use ($client) {
-    exec('docker compose -f ./tests/docker-compose.test.yml up -d');
-
-    // Give the container a moment to initialize
-    sleep(2);
+    LitebaseContainer::start();
 
     try {
         $response = $client->clusterStatus()->listClusterStatuses();
     } catch (\Exception $e) {
-        $lines = [];
-        exec('docker ps -a');
-        exec('docker compose -f ./tests/docker-compose.test.yml logs --tail=200 --no-color', $lines, $rc);
-
-        $logs = implode("\n", $lines);
-
-        throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to connect to Litebase server for integration tests: '.$e->getMessage()."\nContainer logs:\n{$logs}");
+        throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to connect to Litebase server for integration tests: ' . $e->getMessage());
     }
 
     if ($response->getStatus() !== 'success') {
-        $lines = [];
-        exec('docker ps -a');
-        exec('docker compose -f ./tests/docker-compose.test.yml logs --tail=200 --no-color', $lines, $rc);
-
-        $logs = implode("\n", $lines);
-
-        throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to connect to Litebase server for integration tests.'."Container logs:\n{$logs}");
+        throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to connect to Litebase server for integration tests.');
     }
 });
 
 afterAll(function () {
-    exec('docker compose -f ./tests/docker-compose.test.yml down -v');
-    // Delete the .litebase directory to clean up any persisted data
-    exec('rm -rf ./tests/.litebase');
+    LitebaseContainer::stop();
 });
 
 describe('ApiClient', function () use ($client) {
diff --git a/tests/Integration/LitebaseContainer.php b/tests/Integration/LitebaseContainer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d33a093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/LitebaseContainer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Litebase\Tests\Integration;
+
+class LitebaseContainer
+{
+    public static function start(): void
+    {
+        // Remove any existing container first
+        shell_exec("docker rm -f litebase-test 2>/dev/null || true");
+
+        $startCommand = "docker run -d --rm --name litebase-test -p 8888:8888 \\
+            -e LITEBASE_CLUSTER_ID=cluster-1 \\
+            -e LITEBASE_DATA_PATH=/tmp/data \\
+            -e LITEBASE_ENCRYPTION_KEY=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa \\
+            -e LITEBASE_ENV=testing \\
+            -e LITEBASE_PORT=8888 \\
+            -e LITEBASE_ROOT_USERNAME=root \\
+            -e LITEBASE_ROOT_PASSWORD=password \\
+            -e LITEBASE_STORAGE_NETWORK_PATH=/tmp/data/_network \\
+            -e LITEBASE_STORAGE_TMP_PATH=/tmp \\
+            -e LITEBASE_STORAGE_OBJECT_MODE=local \\
+            litebase/litebase start";
+
+        shell_exec($startCommand);
+
+        sleep(2);
+    }
+
+    public static function stop(): void
+    {
+        $stopCommand = "docker stop litebase-test";
+        shell_exec($stopCommand);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Integration/LitebasePDOTest.php b/tests/Integration/LitebasePDOTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08081a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/LitebasePDOTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Litebase\Tests\Integration;
+
+use Litebase\ApiClient;
+use Litebase\Configuration;
+use Litebase\LitebasePDO;
+use Litebase\OpenAPI\Model\DatabaseStoreRequest;
+use PDO;
+
+beforeAll(function () {
+    LitebaseContainer::start();
+
+    $configuration = new Configuration();
+
+    $configuration
+        ->setHost('127.0.0.1')
+        ->setPort('8888')
+        ->setUsername('root')
+        ->setPassword('password');
+
+    $client = new ApiClient($configuration);
+
+    try {
+        $client->database()->createDatabase(new DatabaseStoreRequest([
+            'name' => 'test',
+        ]));
+    } catch (\Exception $e) {
+        throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to connect to Litebase server for integration tests: ' . $e->getMessage());
+    }
+});
+
+afterAll(function () {
+    LitebaseContainer::stop();
+});
+
+describe('LitebasePDO', function () {
+    $pdo = new LitebasePDO([
+        'host' => 'localhost',
+        'port' => '8888',
+        'username' => 'root',
+        'password' => 'password',
+        'database' => 'test/main',
+    ]);
+
+    test('can perform a transaction', function () use ($pdo) {
+        $result = $pdo->beginTransaction();
+        expect($result)->toBeTrue();
+
+        $affectedRows = $pdo->exec('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, name TEXT, email TEXT)');
+
+        expect($affectedRows)->toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+
+        $statement = $pdo->prepare('INSERT INTO users (name, email) VALUES (?, ?)');
+
+        $insertResult = $statement->execute(['Alice', 'alice@example.com']);
+
+        expect($insertResult)->toBeTrue();
+
+        $result = $pdo->commit();
+        expect($result)->toBeTrue();
+
+        $statement = $pdo->prepare('SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = ?');
+        $statement->execute(['alice@example.com']);
+
+        /** @var array<string, mixed> $user */
+        $user = $statement->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+        expect($user['name'])->toBe('Alice');
+        expect($user['email'])->toBe('alice@example.com');
+    });
+});
diff --git a/tests/docker-compose.test.yml b/tests/docker-compose.test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a6361e9..0000000
--- a/tests/docker-compose.test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-services:
-    database:
-        image: litebase/litebase
-        ports:
-            - "8888:8888"
-        volumes:
-            - ./.litebase:/home/litebase/data
-        environment:
-            - LITEBASE_CLUSTER_ID=cluster-1
-            - LITEBASE_DEBUG=true
-            - LITEBASE_ENV=development
-            - LITEBASE_DATA_PATH=/home/litebase/data
-            - LITEBASE_STORAGE_NETWORK_PATH=/home/litebase/data/_network
-            - LITEBASE_PORT=8888
-            - LITEBASE_ROOT_PASSWORD=password
-            - LITEBASE_ROOT_USERNAME=root
-            - LITEBASE_ENCRYPTION_KEY=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
-            - LITEBASE_STORAGE_OBJECT_MODE=local
-            - LITEBASE_STORAGE_TMP_PATH=/tmp
-
-volumes:
-    litebase_data: