diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/searchengine/FenixSearchEngineProvider.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/searchengine/FenixSearchEngineProvider.kt
index 4dca5c358..de94bdaf3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/searchengine/FenixSearchEngineProvider.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/searchengine/FenixSearchEngineProvider.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package org.mozilla.fenix.components.searchengine
 
 import android.content.Context
+import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
@@ -21,16 +22,15 @@ import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.settings
 import java.util.Locale
 
 @SuppressWarnings("TooManyFunctions")
-class FenixSearchEngineProvider(
+open class FenixSearchEngineProvider(
     private val context: Context
 ) : SearchEngineProvider, CoroutineScope by CoroutineScope(Job() + Dispatchers.IO) {
-    private val baseSearchEngines = async {
+    open val baseSearchEngines = async {
         AssetsSearchEngineProvider(LocaleSearchLocalizationProvider()).loadSearchEngines(context)
     }
 
-    private val bundledSearchEngines = async {
+    open val bundledSearchEngines = async {
         val defaultEngineIdentifiers = baseSearchEngines.await().list.map { it.identifier }.toSet()
-
         AssetsSearchEngineProvider(
             LocaleSearchLocalizationProvider(),
             filters = listOf(object : SearchEngineFilter {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class FenixSearchEngineProvider(
         ).loadSearchEngines(context)
     }
 
-    private var customSearchEngines = async {
+    open var customSearchEngines = async {
         CustomSearchEngineProvider().loadSearchEngines(context)
     }
 
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ class FenixSearchEngineProvider(
         return engines.list.find { it.name == selectedName } ?: engines.default ?: engines.list.first()
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return a list of all SearchEngines that are currently active. These are the engines that
+     * are readily available throughout the app.
+     */
     fun installedSearchEngines(context: Context): SearchEngineList = runBlocking {
         val engineList = loadedSearchEngines.await()
         val installedIdentifiers = installedSearchEngineIdentifiers(context)
@@ -141,16 +145,17 @@ class FenixSearchEngineProvider(
             prefs.edit().putStringSet(INSTALLED_ENGINES_KEY, defaultSet).apply()
             defaultSet
         } else {
-            prefs(context).getStringSet(INSTALLED_ENGINES_KEY, setOf()) ?: setOf()
+            prefs.getStringSet(INSTALLED_ENGINES_KEY, setOf()) ?: setOf()
         }
 
         val customEngineIdentifiers = customSearchEngines.await().list.map { it.identifier }.toSet()
         return identifiers + customEngineIdentifiers
     }
 
+    @VisibleForTesting(otherwise = VisibleForTesting.PRIVATE)
     companion object {
         private val BUNDLED_SEARCH_ENGINES = listOf("ecosia", "reddit", "startpage", "yahoo", "youtube")
-        private const val PREF_FILE = "fenix-search-engine-provider"
+        const val PREF_FILE = "fenix-search-engine-provider"
         private const val INSTALLED_ENGINES_KEY = "fenix-installed-search-engines"
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/searchengine/FenixSearchEngineProviderTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/searchengine/FenixSearchEngineProviderTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d6c75dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/searchengine/FenixSearchEngineProviderTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package org.mozilla.fenix.components.searchengine
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import io.mockk.every
+import io.mockk.mockk
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CompletableDeferred
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Deferred
+import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runBlockingTest
+import mozilla.components.browser.search.SearchEngine
+import mozilla.components.browser.search.provider.SearchEngineList
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.mockito.Mockito
+import org.mockito.Mockito.`when`
+import org.mockito.Mockito.mock
+import java.util.UUID
+
+@ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
+class FenixSearchEngineProviderTest {
+
+    private val testContext = mockk<Context>()
+
+    private lateinit var fenixSearchEngineProvider: FenixSearchEngineProvider
+
+    @Before
+    fun before() {
+        fenixSearchEngineProvider = FakeFenixSearchEngineProvider(testContext)
+
+        every {
+            testContext.getSharedPreferences(FenixSearchEngineProvider.PREF_FILE, Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
+        } returns mockk(relaxed = true)
+    }
+
+    /*
+    TODO TEST:
+        - public API happy path
+        - list ordering
+        - deduping
+        - the above after adding/removing
+     */
+
+    @Test
+    fun `temp test class inits`() = runBlockingTest {
+        val t = fenixSearchEngineProvider.loadSearchEngines(testContext)
+
+        println(t)
+    }
+
+
+
+}
+
+class FakeFenixSearchEngineProvider(context: Context) : FenixSearchEngineProvider(context) {
+    override val defaultEngines: Deferred<SearchEngineList>
+        get() {
+            val google = mockSearchEngine(id = "google-b-1-m", n = "Google")
+
+            return CompletableDeferred(
+                SearchEngineList(
+                    listOf(
+                        google,
+                        mockSearchEngine("bing", "Bing"),
+                        mockSearchEngine("amazondotcom", "Amazon.com")
+                    ), default = google
+                )
+            )
+        }
+
+    override val bundledEngines = CompletableDeferred(
+        SearchEngineList(
+            listOf(
+                mockSearchEngine("ecosia", "Ecosia"),
+                mockSearchEngine("reddit", "Reddit"),
+                mockSearchEngine("startpage", "Startpage.com")
+            ), default = null
+        )
+    )
+
+    override var customEngines: Deferred<SearchEngineList>
+        get() {
+            return CompletableDeferred(
+                SearchEngineList(
+                    listOf(
+                        mockSearchEngine("my custom site", "my custom site")
+                    ), default = null
+                )
+            )
+        }
+        set(_) = throw RuntimeException("Setting not currently supported on this fake")
+
+    private fun mockSearchEngine(
+        id: String,
+        n: String = id
+        // TODO this fails with `Missing calls inside every { ... } block`. Not sure why
+//    ) = mockk<SearchEngine> {
+//        every { identifier } returns id
+//        every { name } returns n
+//        every { icon } returns mockk()
+//    }
+    ): SearchEngine {
+        return mock(SearchEngine::class.java).apply {
+            `when`(identifier).thenReturn(id)
+            `when`(name).thenReturn(n)
+            `when`(icon).thenReturn(mock(Bitmap::class.java))
+        }
+    }
+}