diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ade495826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: ombott-test
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+            sudo apt-get install memcached libmemcached-tools
+            python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+            python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+            python3 -m pip install -r test-requirements.txt
+            python3 -m pip install ombott
+      - name: build
+        run: |
+            python3 setup.py install
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: |
+            python3 -m pytest --cov=py4web --cov-report html:cov.html -v -s tests/
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index d7c1c07af..ff6c77c91 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pytest
 pytest-cov
 mechanize==0.4.5
+python-memcached
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 5b38768ad..df3d766ee 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
 import os
-import sys
 import unittest
 import tempfile
-import time
 import signal
-from multiprocessing import Process
-from unittest.mock import patch
 from py4web.core import cli
+from click.testing import CliRunner
 
 
-def patched_cli():
+def run_cli():
     dirpath = tempfile.mkdtemp()
     dir = os.path.join(dirpath, "apps")
-    testargs = ["py4web", 'setup', dir]
-    with patch.object(sys, "argv", testargs):
-        cli()
-    testargs = ["py4web", "run", "-d", "demo", dir]
-    with patch.object(sys, "argv", testargs):
-        cli()
+    runner = CliRunner()
+
+    testargs = ['setup', dir]
+    res = runner.invoke(cli, testargs, input='y')
+    if res.exception:
+        raise res.exception
+
+    testargs = ["run", "-d", "demo", dir]
+    res = runner.invoke(cli, testargs)
+    if res.exception:
+        raise res.exception
 
 
 class MainTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -31,6 +33,6 @@ def handler(signum, frame):
         signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, handler)
         signal.alarm(10)
         try:
-            patched_cli()
+            run_cli()
         except MyException:
             pass