diff --git a/contrib/pyln-testing/tests/test_start.py b/contrib/pyln-testing/tests/test_start.py
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+++ b/contrib/pyln-testing/tests/test_start.py
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+from pyln.testing.fixtures import *  # noqa: F401 F403
+
+
+def test_peers(node_factory):
+    l1, l2 = node_factory.line_graph(2)