diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 8ae30d05..d8803830 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ Encoding: UTF-8
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
 RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
 Config/Needs/website:
-    rnabioco/rbitemplate
+    rnabioco/rbitemplate,
+    quarto
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
diff --git a/vignettes/test.qmd b/vignettes/test.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47a684b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vignettes/test.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+title: quarto vignettes
+vignette: >
+  %\VignetteIndexEntry{testing quarto}
+  %\VignetteEngine{quarto::html}
+  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
+---
+
+# Testing 123