diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-dbt-prd.yml b/.github/workflows/run-dbt-prd.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d34121ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-dbt-prd.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# .github/workflows/run-dbt-prd.yml
+name: run_dbt_prd
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+env:
+  DBT_PROFILES_DIR: ./nyc_parking_violations
+  DBT_PROJECT_DIR: ./nyc_parking_violations
+
+jobs:
+  dbt_setup:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Check dbt version
+        run: | 
+          dbt --version
+          dbt debug
+     
+      - name: Check compile & test
+        run: |     
+          dbt compile
+          dbt run
+          dbt test
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 236981053..ca20f9585 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
   "screencastMode.onlyKeyboardShortcuts": true,
   "terminal.integrated.fontSize": 18,
-  "workbench.activityBar.visible": true,
   "workbench.colorTheme": "Visual Studio Dark",
   "workbench.fontAliasing": "antialiased",
   "workbench.statusBar.visible": true
diff --git a/nyc_parking_violations/profiles.yml b/nyc_parking_violations/profiles.yml
index cabe18c54..1e7b98b40 100644
--- a/nyc_parking_violations/profiles.yml
+++ b/nyc_parking_violations/profiles.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ nyc_parking_violations:
   outputs:
    dev:
      type: duckdb
-     path: '../data/nyc_parking_violations.db'
+     path: './data/nyc_parking_violations.db'
    prod:
      type: duckdb
      # note that path is slightly different as GitHub actions
      # start in the root directory and not in the
      # nyc_parking_violations directory
-     path: './data/prod_nyc_parking_violations.db'  
-  target: dev
\ No newline at end of file
+     path: '../data/prod_nyc_parking_violations.db'  
+  target: dev
diff --git a/run_sql_queries_here.ipynb b/run_sql_queries_here.ipynb
index f7c54e6c9..51d0854a3 100644
--- a/run_sql_queries_here.ipynb
+++ b/run_sql_queries_here.ipynb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "cells": [
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 1,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -14,10 +14,108 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/html": [
+       "<div>\n",
+       "<style scoped>\n",
+       "    .dataframe tbody tr th:only-of-type {\n",
+       "        vertical-align: middle;\n",
+       "    }\n",
+       "\n",
+       "    .dataframe tbody tr th {\n",
+       "        vertical-align: top;\n",
+       "    }\n",
+       "\n",
+       "    .dataframe thead th {\n",
+       "        text-align: right;\n",
+       "    }\n",
+       "</style>\n",
+       "<table border=\"1\" class=\"dataframe\">\n",
+       "  <thead>\n",
+       "    <tr style=\"text-align: right;\">\n",
+       "      <th></th>\n",
+       "      <th>name</th>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "  </thead>\n",
+       "  <tbody>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>0</th>\n",
+       "      <td>bronze_parking_violation_codes</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>1</th>\n",
+       "      <td>bronze_parking_violations</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>2</th>\n",
+       "      <td>first_model</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>3</th>\n",
+       "      <td>gold_ticket_metrics</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>4</th>\n",
+       "      <td>gold_vehicles_metrics</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>5</th>\n",
+       "      <td>parking_violation_codes</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>6</th>\n",
+       "      <td>parking_violations_2023</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>7</th>\n",
+       "      <td>ref_model</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>8</th>\n",
+       "      <td>silver_parking_violation_codes</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>9</th>\n",
+       "      <td>silver_parking_violations</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>10</th>\n",
+       "      <td>silver_violation_tickets</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "    <tr>\n",
+       "      <th>11</th>\n",
+       "      <td>silver_violation_vehicles</td>\n",
+       "    </tr>\n",
+       "  </tbody>\n",
+       "</table>\n",
+       "</div>"
+      ],
+      "text/plain": [
+       "                              name\n",
+       "0   bronze_parking_violation_codes\n",
+       "1        bronze_parking_violations\n",
+       "2                      first_model\n",
+       "3              gold_ticket_metrics\n",
+       "4            gold_vehicles_metrics\n",
+       "5          parking_violation_codes\n",
+       "6          parking_violations_2023\n",
+       "7                        ref_model\n",
+       "8   silver_parking_violation_codes\n",
+       "9        silver_parking_violations\n",
+       "10        silver_violation_tickets\n",
+       "11       silver_violation_vehicles"
+      ]
+     },
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "display_data"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "sql_query = '''\n",
     "show tables\n",
+    "\n",
     "'''\n",
     "\n",
     "with duckdb.connect('data/nyc_parking_violations.db') as con:\n",
@@ -43,12 +141,7 @@
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
    "version": "3.10.12"
   },
-  "orig_nbformat": 4,
-  "vscode": {
-   "interpreter": {
-    "hash": "31f2aee4e71d21fbe5cf8b01ff0e069b9275f58929596ceb00d14d90e3e16cd6"
-   }
-  }
+  "orig_nbformat": 4
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
  "nbformat_minor": 2