diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23cc61e5ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: CI test
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [10.x, 12.x]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      with:
+        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: npm install
+    - name: Install MongoDB
+      run: |
+        wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.6.asc | sudo apt-key add -
+        echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.6 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.6.list
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
+        sudo apt-get install -y --allow-downgrades mongodb-org=3.6.14 mongodb-org-server=3.6.14 mongodb-org-shell=3.6.14 mongodb-org-mongos=3.6.14 mongodb-org-tools=3.6.14
+    - name: Start MongoDB
+      run: sudo systemctl start mongod
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: npm run-script test-ci
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f82d7929f7..1cf7ab06f2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ bundle/bundle.out.js
 .idea/
 *.iml
 my.env
+my.*.env
 
-*.env
 static/bower_components/
 .*.sw?
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/ci.test.env b/ci.test.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c57e5eeb0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci.test.env
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CUSTOMCONNSTR_mongo=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/testdb
+API_SECRET=abcdefghij123
+HOSTNAME=localhost
+INSECURE_USE_HTTP=true
+PORT=1337
+NODE_ENV=production
+CI=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/api3/index.js b/lib/api3/index.js
index 70fb6a4d59e..d188a5ee537 100644
--- a/lib/api3/index.js
+++ b/lib/api3/index.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ function configure (env, ctx) {
     app.set('version', env.version);
     app.set('apiVersion', apiConst.API3_VERSION);
     app.set('units', env.DISPLAY_UNITS);
+    app.set('ci', process.env['CI'] ? true: false);
     app.set('enabledCollections', ['devicestatus', 'entries', 'food', 'profile', 'settings', 'treatments']);
 
     self.setENVTruthy('API3_SECURITY_ENABLE', apiConst.API3_SECURITY_ENABLE);
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ function configure (env, ctx) {
 
     app.get('/version', require('./specific/version')(app, ctx, env));
 
-    if (app.get('env') === 'development') { // for development and testing purposes only
+    if (app.get('env') === 'development' || app.get('ci')) { // for development and testing purposes only
       app.get('/test', async function test (req, res) {
 
         try {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 346e67c6251..25a96043401 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node server.js",
-    "test": "env-cmd ./test.env mocha --exit tests/*.test.js",
+    "test": "env-cmd ./my.test.env mocha --exit tests/*.test.js",
+    "test-ci": "env-cmd ./ci.test.env mocha --exit tests/*.test.js",
     "env": "env",
     "postinstall": "webpack --mode production --config webpack.config.js && npm run-script update-buster",
     "bundle": "webpack --mode production --config webpack.config.js && npm run-script update-buster",
diff --git a/tests/fail.test.js b/tests/fail.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eefda445b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fail.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('should');
+
+// This test is included just so we have an easy to template to intentionally cause
+// builds to fail
+
+describe('fail', function ( ) {
+
+  it('should not fail', function () {
+    true.should.equal(true);
+  });
+
+});