diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..972eaf745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Run Tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  # Run tests
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to package registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: Dependency Setup
+        run: ./setup.sh SSH
+
+      - name: Docker Setup
+        run: docker-compose build
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: docker-compose run test
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 97fffd427..05030fc52 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 FROM debian:bookworm AS babel-base
 
+ENV COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=babel
+
 # # does not work bookworm - evaluate if it's needed
 # RUN sed -i 's/main.*/main contrib non-free/' /etc/apt/sources.list
 
@@ -84,6 +86,8 @@ FROM babel-base AS imgsrv-fcgi
 WORKDIR /htapps/babel/imgsrv
 CMD ["/htapps/babel/imgsrv/bin/startup_imgsrv"]
 
+FROM babel-base AS test
+
 FROM babel-base AS apache
 
 RUN apt-get -y install apache2 libapache2-mod-fcgid
diff --git a/bin/test.sh b/bin/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a51487993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cd /htapps/babel/imgsrv
+prove -lre 'perl -I lib -I vendor/common-lib/lib -I vendor/plack-lib/lib -I vendor/slip-lib/lib' t
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5679fabcd..60572e21a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 version: '3'
 
-name: babel-firebird
-
 services:
 
   imgsrv:
@@ -10,6 +8,7 @@ services:
       target: imgsrv-fcgi
     user: ${CURRENT_USER}
     volumes:
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/bin:/htapps/babel/bin
       - ${BABEL_HOME}/imgsrv:/htapps/babel/imgsrv
       - ${BABEL_HOME}/mdp-lib:/htapps/babel/mdp-lib
       - ${BABEL_HOME}/slip-lib:/htapps/babel/slip-lib
@@ -203,6 +202,35 @@ services:
     profiles:
       - stage_item
 
+  test:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      target: test
+    volumes:
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/bin:/htapps/babel/bin
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/imgsrv:/htapps/babel/imgsrv
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/mdp-lib:/htapps/babel/mdp-lib
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/slip-lib:/htapps/babel/slip-lib
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/plack-lib:/htapps/babel/plack-lib
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/mdp-web:/htapps/babel/mdp-web
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/logs:/htapps/babel/logs
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/cache:/htapps/babel/cache
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/sample-data/sdr1:/sdr1
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/sample-data/etc:/htapps/babel/etc
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/sample-data/watermarks:/htapps/babel/watermarks
+      - ${BABEL_HOME}/sample-data:/tmp/sample-data
+    environment:
+      - SDRROOT=/htapps/babel
+      - SDRDATAROOT=/sdr1
+      - HT_DEV=docker
+      - REMOTE_ADDR=127.0.0.1
+      - HTTP_HOST=127.0.0.1
+      - APACHE_LOG_DIR=/tmp
+    depends_on:
+      - mysql-sdr
+      - solr-sdr-catalog
+    command: bin/test.sh
+
   # todo: ingest, bound to sample-data
 
 volumes:
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 8bee33ad4..467ca1612 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-cat <<EOT
+if [[ "$1" == "SSH" ]]; then
+  proto=$1;
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $proto ]]; then
+  cat <<EOT
 Checking out into $PWD
 
 What should the git URL be?
@@ -8,9 +13,9 @@ What should the git URL be?
  [2] SSH:   git@github.com:hathitrust
 EOT
 
-echo -n "Your choice? [1]: "
-
-read -n 1 proto
+  echo -n "Your choice? [1]: "
+  read -n 1 proto
+fi
 
 GIT_BASE="https://github.com/hathitrust"