diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 397ad714..edac6c62 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "description": "Materials Design in Javascript (made.js)",
     "scripts": {
         "postinstall": "mkdir -p lib; babel src --out-dir lib",
-        "test": "mocha $NODE_DEBUG_OPTION --recursive --bail --require @babel/register/lib tests"
+        "test": "cucumber-js --require-module @babel/register --format node_modules/cucumber-pretty --require tests/cucumber/support tests/cucumber/features"
     },
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
@@ -17,17 +17,20 @@
     },
     "homepage": "https://github.com/Exabyte-io/made-js",
     "devDependencies": {
-        "mocha": "^2.5.3",
         "chai": "^3.5.0",
-        "fs-extra": "^4.0.0"
+        "cucumber": "^5.1.0",
+        "cucumber-pretty": "^1.5.0",
+        "fs-extra": "^4.0.0",
+        "mocha": "^2.5.3",
+        "random-seed": "^0.3.0"
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@babel/cli": "7.0.0",
         "@babel/core": "7.0.0",
-        "@babel/register": "7.0.0",
+        "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "7.0.0",
         "@babel/polyfill": "7.0.0",
         "@babel/preset-env": "7.0.0",
-        "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "7.0.0",
+        "@babel/register": "7.0.0",
         "array-almost-equal": "^1.0.0",
         "crypto-js": "^3.1.9-1",
         "lodash": "^4.17.4",
diff --git a/tests/cucumber/features/formula.feature b/tests/cucumber/features/formula.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18f7a52b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cucumber/features/formula.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Feature: formula is extracted properly from Basis class.
+
+  Scenario:
+    When Basis is created with the following data:
+      | basis                               | cacheKey |
+      | $BASIS{Si 0 0 0, Ge 0.25 0.25 0.25} | basis    |
+    Then Basis stored under "basis" key returns "SiGe" as formula
+    
diff --git a/tests/cucumber/support/basis/step_definitions/Then Basis stored under # key returns # as formula.js b/tests/cucumber/support/basis/step_definitions/Then Basis stored under # key returns # as formula.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee5f26ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cucumber/support/basis/step_definitions/Then Basis stored under # key returns # as formula.js	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import assert from "assert";
+import {Then} from "cucumber";
+
+Then(/^Basis stored under "([^"]*)" key returns "([^"]*)" as formula$/, function (cacheKey, formula) {
+    assert.equal(this["cacheKey"].formula, formula);
+});
diff --git a/tests/cucumber/support/basis/step_definitions/When Basis is created with the following data.js b/tests/cucumber/support/basis/step_definitions/When Basis is created with the following data.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65e55252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cucumber/support/basis/step_definitions/When Basis is created with the following data.js	
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import {When} from "cucumber";
+
+import {parseTable} from "../../table";
+import {Basis} from "../../../../../src/basis/basis";
+
+When(/^Basis is created with the following data:$/, function (table) {
+    const config = parseTable(table, this)[0];
+    this["cacheKey"] = new Basis(config.basis);
+});
diff --git a/tests/cucumber/support/logger.js b/tests/cucumber/support/logger.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89308a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cucumber/support/logger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import debug from "debug";
+
+const LEVELS = {
+    debug: 3,
+    warn: 2,
+    info: 1,
+    error: 0
+};
+
+const DEBUG_LEVEL = process.env.DEBUG_LEVEL || LEVELS.warn;
+
+/**
+ * @summary Returns a logger with specified name.
+ * @param name {String} E.g. "exachimp:widget"
+ */
+export function getLogger(name) {
+    const log = debug(name);
+
+    return {
+        debug(message) {
+            if (DEBUG_LEVEL >= LEVELS.debug) {
+                log(message);
+            }
+        },
+        warn(message) {
+            if (DEBUG_LEVEL >= LEVELS.warn) {
+                log(message);
+            }
+        },
+        info(message) {
+            if (DEBUG_LEVEL >= LEVELS.info) {
+                log(message);
+            }
+        },
+        error(message) {
+            if (DEBUG_LEVEL >= LEVELS.error) {
+                log(message);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export const logger = getLogger("exachimp:default");
diff --git a/tests/cucumber/support/table.js b/tests/cucumber/support/table.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21eb7639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cucumber/support/table.js
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import _ from "underscore";
+import lodash from "lodash";
+import random from "random-seed";
+
+import {getCacheValue} from "./utils/cache";
+
+const REGEXES = [
+    {
+        name: "DATE_REGEX",
+        regex: /^\$DATE\{(.*)}/,
+        func: (str, regex) => new Date(str.match(regex)[1])
+    },
+    {
+        name: "BOOLEAN_REGEX",
+        regex: /^\$BOOLEAN\{(.*)}/,
+        func: (str, regex) => JSON.parse(str.match(regex)[1])
+    },
+    {
+        name: "ARRAY_REGEX",
+        regex: /^\$ARRAY\{(.*)}/,
+        func: (str, regex) => str.match(regex)[1].split(",")
+    },
+    {
+        name: "INT_REGEX",
+        regex: /^\$INT\{(.*)}/,
+        func: (str, regex) => parseInt(str.match(regex)[1])
+    },
+    {
+        name: "FLOAT_REGEX",
+        regex: /^\$FLOAT\{(.*)}/,
+        func: (str, regex) => parseFloat(str.match(regex)[1])
+    },
+    {
+        name: "BASIS_REGEX",
+        regex: /^\$BASIS\{(.*)}/,
+        func: (str, regex) => parseBasisStr(str.match(regex)[1])
+    },
+    {
+        name: "EXPR_REGEX",
+        regex: /^\$\{(.*)}/,
+        func: (str, regex, context) => {
+            const value = str.match(regex)[1];
+            return value.split(',').map(evalExpression).reduceRight((mem, part) => part + mem, '');
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        name: "CACHE_REGEX",
+        regex: /\$CACHE\{([^\{^}]*)}/,
+        func: (str, regex, context) => {
+            const value = str.match(regex)[1];
+            const [contextKey, property] = value.split(':');
+            return parseValue(str.replace(`$CACHE{${value}}`, lodash.get(getCacheValue(context, contextKey), property)), context);
+        }
+    }
+];
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether passed string is integer number.
+ */
+function isInteger(str) {
+    return /^\d+$/.test(str);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses basis string in format "Si 0 0 0, Li 0.5 0.5 0.5" and returns it as an object in exabyte internal format.
+ */
+function parseBasisStr(str) {
+    const lines = str.split(/[,;]/).map(x => x.trim());
+    const basis = {
+        elements: [],
+        coordinates: [],
+        units: 'crystal'
+    };
+    for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+        var items = lines[i].split(' ');
+        basis.elements.push({
+            id: i + 1,
+            value: items[0]
+        });
+        basis.coordinates.push({
+            id: i + 1,
+            value: [items[1], items[2], items[3]].map(parseFloat)
+        });
+    }
+    return basis;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Evaluates expression from passed string.
+ * See https://www.jayway.com/2012/04/03/cucumber-data-driven-testing-tips/ for more information.
+ * The rules are:
+ *  - ${} – everything inside will be parsed, strings are comma separated
+ *  - numerical value – create random alphanumeric string
+ *  - ! – use the string as it is
+ *  - N – random numbers
+ *  - d - date in
+ * Math.random().toString(36) is used to generate random string.
+ */
+function evalExpression(str) {
+    if (isInteger(str)) {
+        /**
+         * Seed is generated by timestamp + random string.
+         * Additional random string is required, because using only seed for generating string in loop
+         * will cause random string duplication.
+         */
+        var seed = new Date().getTime().toString() + Math.random().toString(36);
+        var rand = random.create(seed);
+        var alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+        var randomLetter = alphabet[Math.floor(rand.random() * alphabet.length)];
+        // !!!IMPORTANT Random letter is required in generated string because of
+        // issue https://exabyte.atlassian.net/browse/SOF-1719
+        // Generated string is used for username generation. In case of random string contains only numbers
+        // slug for default issue will be inappropriate (e.g., "user-1232" has "user" slug).
+        return randomLetter + rand.random().toString(36).substring(2, 2 + parseInt(str) - 1);
+    } else if (str.indexOf('!') === 0) {
+        // ! – use the string as it is
+        return str.substring(1);
+    } else if (str.indexOf('N') === 0) {
+        // random numbers
+        var result = '', max = 9, min = 0;
+        var count = parseInt(str.substring(1));
+        var i = 0;
+        for (; i < count; i++) {
+            result += Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses passed string and returns evaluated value.
+ */
+export function parseValue(str, context, key) {
+    if (!_.isString(str)) throw new Error('Argument should be string');
+    const config = REGEXES.find(config => str.match(config.regex));
+    return config ? config.func(str, config.regex, context) : str;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary Parses values from table rows. Each column's value for each row are parsed by parseValue.
+ * @param table {Object} Table passed from Cucumber step definition.
+ * @param context {Any} Context for extracting cached values.
+ * @return {Object}
+ */
+export function parseTable(table, context) {
+    return table.hashes().map(hash => _.mapObject(hash, (value, key) => parseValue(value, context, key)));
+}
diff --git a/tests/cucumber/support/utils/cache.js b/tests/cucumber/support/utils/cache.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..973cc360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cucumber/support/utils/cache.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import {logger} from "../logger";
+
+export function getCacheValue(context, key) {
+    return context[key]
+}
+
+export function setCacheValue(context, key, value) {
+    context[key] = value;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary Stores a given entity config in the context.
+ * when useCollectionItem is passed collection item is stored instead of config.
+ */
+export function cacheEntityData(config, context, entityId, entityTAO) {
+    if (!config.cacheKey || !context) return;
+    logger.debug(`Entity with name "${config.name || config.username}" is stored under cacheKey "${config.cacheKey}"`);
+    setCacheValue(context, config.cacheKey, config.useCollectionItem ? entityTAO.findById(entityId) : config);
+}