diff --git a/contrib/integrationtest.conf b/contrib/integrationtest.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b4f4e85c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/integrationtest.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[integrationtest]
+walletdb = testwalletdb.json
+bank_base_url = https://bank.test.taler.net/
+exchange_base_url = https://exchange.test.taler.net/
+merchant_base_url = https://backend.test.taler.net/
+merchant_api_key = sandbox
+
+[integrationtest-basic]
+amount_withdraw = TESTKUDOS:10
+amount_spend = TESTKUDOS:5
diff --git a/src/headless/integrationtest.ts b/src/headless/integrationtest.ts
index 984ef9c39..fbc6223fc 100644
--- a/src/headless/integrationtest.ts
+++ b/src/headless/integrationtest.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { Logger } from "../util/logging";
 import { NodeHttpLib } from "./NodeHttpLib";
 import * as Amounts from "../util/amounts";
 import { Wallet } from "../wallet";
+import { Configuration } from "../util/talerconfig";
 
 const logger = new Logger("integrationtest.ts");
 
@@ -189,5 +190,143 @@ export async function runIntegrationTest(args: IntegrationTestArgs) {
 
   const history = await myWallet.getHistory({ verboseDetails: true });
 
-  console.log("history after integration test:", JSON.stringify(history, undefined, 2));
+  console.log(
+    "history after integration test:",
+    JSON.stringify(history, undefined, 2),
+  );
+}
+
+export async function runIntegrationTestBasic(cfg: Configuration) {
+  const walletDbPath = cfg.getString("integrationtest", "walletdb").required();
+
+  const bankBaseUrl = cfg
+    .getString("integrationtest", "bank_base_url")
+    .required();
+
+  const exchangeBaseUrl = cfg
+    .getString("integrationtest", "exchange_base_url")
+    .required();
+
+  const merchantBaseUrl = cfg
+    .getString("integrationtest", "merchant_base_url")
+    .required();
+
+  const merchantApiKey = cfg
+    .getString("integrationtest", "merchant_api_key")
+    .required();
+
+  const parsedWithdrawAmount = cfg
+    .getAmount("integrationtest-basic", "amount_withdraw")
+    .required();
+
+  const parsedSpendAmount = cfg
+    .getAmount("integrationtest-basic", "amount_spend")
+    .required();
+
+  const currency = parsedSpendAmount.currency;
+
+  const myHttpLib = new NodeHttpLib();
+  myHttpLib.setThrottling(false);
+
+  const myWallet = await getDefaultNodeWallet({
+    httpLib: myHttpLib,
+    persistentStoragePath: walletDbPath,
+  });
+
+  myWallet.runRetryLoop().catch(e => {
+    console.error("exception during retry loop:", e);
+  });
+
+  logger.info("withdrawing test balance");
+  await withdrawTestBalance(
+    myWallet,
+    Amounts.toString(parsedWithdrawAmount),
+    bankBaseUrl,
+    exchangeBaseUrl,
+  );
+  logger.info("done withdrawing test balance");
+
+  const balance = await myWallet.getBalances();
+
+  console.log(JSON.stringify(balance, null, 2));
+
+  const myMerchant = new MerchantBackendConnection(
+    merchantBaseUrl,
+    merchantApiKey,
+  );
+
+  await makePayment(myWallet, myMerchant, Amounts.toString(parsedSpendAmount), "hello world");
+
+  // Wait until the refresh is done
+  await myWallet.runUntilDone();
+
+  console.log("withdrawing test balance for refund");
+  const withdrawAmountTwo: Amounts.AmountJson = {
+    currency,
+    value: 18,
+    fraction: 0,
+  };
+  const spendAmountTwo: Amounts.AmountJson = {
+    currency,
+    value: 7,
+    fraction: 0,
+  };
+
+  const refundAmount: Amounts.AmountJson = {
+    currency,
+    value: 6,
+    fraction: 0,
+  };
+
+  const spendAmountThree: Amounts.AmountJson = {
+    currency,
+    value: 3,
+    fraction: 0,
+  };
+
+  await withdrawTestBalance(
+    myWallet,
+    Amounts.toString(withdrawAmountTwo),
+    bankBaseUrl,
+    exchangeBaseUrl,
+  );
+
+  // Wait until the withdraw is done
+  await myWallet.runUntilDone();
+
+  let { orderId: refundOrderId } = await makePayment(
+    myWallet,
+    myMerchant,
+    Amounts.toString(spendAmountTwo),
+    "order that will be refunded",
+  );
+
+  const refundUri = await myMerchant.refund(
+    refundOrderId,
+    "test refund",
+    Amounts.toString(refundAmount),
+  );
+
+  console.log("refund URI", refundUri);
+
+  await myWallet.applyRefund(refundUri);
+
+  // Wait until the refund is done
+  await myWallet.runUntilDone();
+
+  await makePayment(
+    myWallet,
+    myMerchant,
+    Amounts.toString(spendAmountThree),
+    "payment after refund",
+  );
+
+  await myWallet.runUntilDone();
+
+  const history = await myWallet.getHistory({ verboseDetails: true });
+
+  console.log(
+    "history after integration test:",
+    JSON.stringify(history, undefined, 2),
+  );
 }
diff --git a/src/headless/taler-wallet-cli.ts b/src/headless/taler-wallet-cli.ts
index 4518d601e..c4d8664d9 100644
--- a/src/headless/taler-wallet-cli.ts
+++ b/src/headless/taler-wallet-cli.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import os = require("os");
 import fs = require("fs");
 import { getDefaultNodeWallet, withdrawTestBalance } from "./helpers";
 import { MerchantBackendConnection } from "./merchant";
-import { runIntegrationTest } from "./integrationtest";
+import { runIntegrationTest, runIntegrationTestBasic } from "./integrationtest";
 import { Wallet } from "../wallet";
 import qrcodeGenerator = require("qrcode-generator");
 import * as clk from "./clk";
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { OperationFailedAndReportedError } from "../operations/errors";
 import { Bank } from "./bank";
 import { classifyTalerUri, TalerUriType } from "../util/taleruri";
 import util = require("util");
+import { Configuration } from "../util/talerconfig";
 
 // Backwards compatibility with nodejs<0.11, where TextEncoder and TextDecoder
 // are not globals yet.
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ import util = require("util");
 
 const logger = new Logger("taler-wallet-cli.ts");
 
-const walletDbPath = os.homedir + "/" + ".talerwalletdb.json";
+const defaultWalletDbPath = os.homedir + "/" + ".talerwalletdb.json";
 
 function assertUnreachable(x: never): never {
   throw new Error("Didn't expect to get here");
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@ const walletCli = clk
   .program("wallet", {
     help: "Command line interface for the GNU Taler wallet.",
   })
+  .maybeOption("walletDbFile", ["--wallet-db"], clk.STRING, {
+    help: "location of the wallet database file"
+  })
   .maybeOption("inhibit", ["--inhibit"], clk.STRING, {
     help:
       "Inhibit running certain operations, useful for debugging and testing.",
@@ -132,8 +136,9 @@ async function withWallet<T>(
   walletCliArgs: WalletCliArgsType,
   f: (w: Wallet) => Promise<T>,
 ): Promise<T> {
+  const dbPath = walletCliArgs.wallet.walletDbFile ?? defaultWalletDbPath;
   const wallet = await getDefaultNodeWallet({
-    persistentStoragePath: walletDbPath,
+    persistentStoragePath: dbPath,
   });
   applyVerbose(walletCliArgs.wallet.verbose);
   try {
@@ -189,7 +194,9 @@ walletCli
       } else {
         for (const h of history.history) {
           console.log(
-            `event at ${new Date(h.timestamp.t_ms).toISOString()} with type ${h.type}:`,
+            `event at ${new Date(h.timestamp.t_ms).toISOString()} with type ${
+              h.type
+            }:`,
           );
           console.log(JSON.stringify(h, undefined, 2));
           console.log();
@@ -402,6 +409,23 @@ const testCli = walletCli.subcommand("testingArgs", "testing", {
   help: "Subcommands for testing GNU Taler deployments.",
 });
 
+testCli
+  .subcommand("integrationtestBasic", "integrationtest-basic")
+  .requiredArgument("cfgfile", clk.STRING)
+  .action(async args => {
+    const cfgStr = fs.readFileSync(args.integrationtestBasic.cfgfile, "utf8");
+    const cfg = new Configuration();
+    cfg.loadFromString(cfgStr);
+    try {
+      await runIntegrationTestBasic(cfg);
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log("integration test failed");
+      console.log(e)
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    process.exit(0);
+  });
+
 testCli
   .subcommand("testPayCmd", "test-pay", { help: "create contract and pay" })
   .requiredOption("amount", ["-a", "--amount"], clk.STRING)
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a6cd7b260..6808b3374 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     "src/util/payto.ts",
     "src/util/promiseUtils.ts",
     "src/util/query.ts",
+    "src/util/talerconfig.ts",
     "src/util/taleruri-test.ts",
     "src/util/taleruri.ts",
     "src/util/time.ts",