diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest.yml b/.github/workflows/unittest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99edace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: unit-test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: main
+    tags: ['v*']
+
+jobs:
+  linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+    env:
+      DATABASE_NAME: livedatadb
+      DATABASE_USER: livedatauser
+      DATABASE_PASS: livedatapass
+      DATABASE_HOST: db
+      DATABASE_PORT: 5432
+      LIVE_PLOT_SECRET_KEY: "1234_live_data_server"
+      DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME: livedatauser
+      DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: livedatapass
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+        with:
+          auto-update-conda: true
+          channels: conda-forge,defaults
+          mamba-version: "*"
+          environment-file: environment.yml
+          cache-environment-key: ${{ runner.os }}-env-${{ hashFiles('**/environment.yml') }}
+          cache-downloads-key: ${{ runner.os }}-downloads-${{ hashFiles('**/environment.yml') }}
+      - name: Start docker containers
+        run: |
+          cp ./config/docker-compose.envlocal.yml docker-compose.yml
+          docker compose up --build -d
+      - name: Sleep, wait for containers to start up
+        run: sleep 30
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: python -m pytest tests/
diff --git a/config/docker-compose.envlocal.yml b/config/docker-compose.envlocal.yml
index 038df94..049cb54 100644
--- a/config/docker-compose.envlocal.yml
+++ b/config/docker-compose.envlocal.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
 
   nginx: