diff --git a/src/escpos/capabilities.py b/src/escpos/capabilities.py
index 6e375bc..9ae0e79 100644
--- a/src/escpos/capabilities.py
+++ b/src/escpos/capabilities.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class Profile(get_profile_class('default')):
 
     def get_columns(self, font):
         if self.columns is not None:
-            return columns
+            return self.columns
 
         return super(Profile, self).get_columns(font)
 
diff --git a/test/test_profile.py b/test/test_profile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9418d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_profile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import pytest
+from escpos.capabilities import get_profile, NotSupported, BARCODE_B, Profile
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def profile():
+    return get_profile('default')
+
+
+class TestBaseProfile:
+
+    def test_get_font(self, profile):
+        with pytest.raises(NotSupported):
+            assert profile.get_font('3')
+        assert profile.get_font(1) == 1
+        assert profile.get_font('a') == 0
+
+    def test_supports(self, profile):
+        assert not profile.supports('asdf asdf')
+        assert profile.supports(BARCODE_B)
+
+    def test_get_columns(self, profile):
+        assert profile.get_columns('a') > 5
+        with pytest.raises(NotSupported):
+            assert profile.get_columns('asdfasdf')
+
+
+class TestCustomProfile:
+
+    def test_columns(self):
+        assert Profile(columns=10).get_columns('sdfasdf') == 10
+
+    def test_features(self):
+        assert Profile(features={'foo': True}).supports('foo')
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