diff --git a/bob/bio/base/config/grid/grid.py b/bob/bio/base/config/grid/grid.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f4c3852de7b0509fb52413706bb6c85962fc2f58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bob/bio/base/config/grid/grid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import bob.bio.base
+
+# define the queue using all the default parameters
+grid = bob.bio.base.grid.Grid()
diff --git a/bob/bio/base/test/test_utils.py b/bob/bio/base/test/test_utils.py
index a3abdad73c4e3f673890c817525c12ef7b449d14..b8781f902776a3e51d12237f0af06a73032fc590 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/test/test_utils.py
@@ -22,6 +22,22 @@ def test_resources():
   assert isinstance (cls, bob.bio.base.algorithm.PCA)
 
 
+def test_grid():
+  # try to load the grid configurations
+  g = bob.bio.base.load_resource("grid", "grid")
+  assert not g.is_local()
+
+  g = bob.bio.base.load_resource("local-p4", "grid")
+  assert g.is_local()
+  assert g.number_of_parallel_processes == 4
+  g = bob.bio.base.load_resource("local-p8", "grid")
+  assert g.is_local()
+  assert g.number_of_parallel_processes == 8
+  g = bob.bio.base.load_resource("local-p16", "grid")
+  assert g.is_local()
+  assert g.number_of_parallel_processes == 16
+
+
 def test_io():
   # Test that bob.bio.base.load and save works as expected
   filename = bob.io.base.test_utils.temporary_filename()
@@ -64,13 +80,13 @@ def test_io():
 def test_sampling():
   # test selection of elements
   indices = bob.bio.base.selected_indices(100, 10)
-  assert indices == range(5, 100, 10)
+  assert indices == list(range(5, 100, 10))
 
   indices = bob.bio.base.selected_indices(100, 300)
-  assert indices == range(100)
+  assert indices == list(range(100))
 
   indices = bob.bio.base.selected_indices(100, None)
-  assert indices == range(100)
+  assert indices == list(range(100))
 
   array = numpy.arange(100)
   elements = bob.bio.base.selected_elements(array, 10)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f0d761575c7308fe296de8fd2af3c39fcc6b7fb6..6b85a5b3ef7dc0e4e13b8ab8dd05c4b28732e9ce 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ setup(
       'bob.bio.grid': [
         'local-p4          = bob.bio.base.config.grid.local:grid',
         'local-p8          = bob.bio.base.config.grid.local:grid_p8',
-        'local-p16         = bob.bio.base.config.grid.local:grid_p16'
+        'local-p16         = bob.bio.base.config.grid.local:grid_p16',
+        'grid              = bob.bio.base.config.grid.grid:grid'
       ],
    },