During the months of October and November 2017, a number of MeerLICHT scientists used the telescope for commissioning observations, to assess the image quality and the depth achieved in a 1 minute exposure in all filters. We targeted fields that will be observed with MeerKAT over the next five years. Our commissioning observations of those fields will provide a long baseline for any variable or transient object discovered by MeerKAT/MeerLICHT.