diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 87b91a20f..3296ba9d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Shellcheck
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run ShellCheck
         uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master
         env:
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ jobs:
           version: v0.9.0
           additional_files: "*.envsh .env .env.docker .env.example .env.testing"
 
+  bats:
+    name: Bats Testing
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run bats
+        run: docker run -v "$PWD:/var/www" bats/bats:latest /var/www/tests/bats
+
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fe990290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+[submodule "tests/shell/bats"]
+	path = tests/shell/bats
+	url = https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core.git
+[submodule "tests/shell/test_helper/bats-support"]
+	path = tests/shell/test_helper/bats-support
+	url = https://github.com/bats-core/bats-support.git
+[submodule "tests/shell/test_helper/bats-assert"]
+	path = tests/shell/test_helper/bats-assert
+	url = https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert.git
diff --git a/docker/shared/root/docker/helpers.sh b/docker/shared/root/docker/helpers.sh
index 50fd3b1d9..823abab07 100644
--- a/docker/shared/root/docker/helpers.sh
+++ b/docker/shared/root/docker/helpers.sh
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ function show-call-stack() {
 }
 
 # @description Helper function see if $1 could be considered truthy
+#   returns [0] if input is truthy, otherwise [1]
 # @arg $1 string The string to evaluate
 # @see as-boolean
 function is-true() {
@@ -496,12 +497,13 @@ function is-true() {
 }
 
 # @description Helper function see if $1 could be considered falsey
+#   returns [0] if input is falsey, otherwise [1]
 # @arg $1 string The string to evaluate
 # @see as-boolean
 function is-false() {
-    as-boolean "${1:-}" || return 0
+    as-boolean "${1:-}" && return 1
 
-    return 1
+    return 0
 }
 
 # @description Helper function see if $1 could be truethy or falsey.
diff --git a/tests/bats/helpers.bats b/tests/bats/helpers.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea4c7b518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bats/helpers.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+setup() {
+    DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BATS_TEST_FILENAME:-}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+    ROOT="$(dirname "$(dirname "$DIR")")"
+
+    load "$ROOT/docker/shared/root/docker/helpers.sh"
+}
+
+@test "test [is-true]" {
+    is-true "1"
+    is-true "true"
+    is-true "TrUe"
+}
+
+@test "test [is-false]" {
+    is-false "0"
+    is-false "false"
+    is-false "FaLsE"
+}
+
+@test "test [is-false-expressions-0]" {
+    if is-false "0"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+@test "test [is-false-expressions-false]" {
+    if is-false "false"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+@test "test [is-false-expressions-FaLse]" {
+    if is-false "FaLse"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+@test "test [is-false-expressions-invalid]" {
+    if is-false "invalid"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+@test "test [is-true-expressions-1]" {
+    if is-true "1"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+@test "test [is-true-expressions-true]" {
+    if is-true "true"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+@test "test [is-true-expressions-TrUE]" {
+    if is-true "TrUE"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    return 1
+}