diff --git a/.github/assets/aerospike.conf b/.github/assets/aerospike.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6eda519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/assets/aerospike.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Aerospike database configuration file
+# This template sets up a single-node, single namespace developer environment.
+#
+# Alternatively, you can pass in your own configuration file.
+# You can see more examples at
+# https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/tree/master/as/etc
+
+# This stanza must come first.
+service {
+	feature-key-file /etc/aerospike/features.conf
+        cluster-name proximus
+}
+
+logging {
+	
+	
+	
+	
+
+	# Send log messages to stdout
+	console {
+		context any info
+	}
+}
+
+network {
+	service {
+		address any
+		port 3000
+
+		# Uncomment the following to set the 'access-address' parameter to the
+		# IP address of the Docker host. This will the allow the server to correctly
+		# publish the address which applications and other nodes in the cluster to
+		# use when addressing this node.
+		# access-address <IPADDR>
+	}
+
+	heartbeat {
+		# mesh is used for environments that do not support multicast
+		mode mesh
+		address local
+		port 3002
+		interval 150
+		timeout 10
+	}
+
+	fabric {
+		# Intra-cluster communication port (migrates, replication, etc)
+		# default to same address in 'service'
+		address local
+		port 3001
+	}
+
+}
+
+# AVS ONLY
+#namespace proximus-meta {
+#  replication-factor 2
+#storage-engine memory {
+#    data-size 2G
+#}
+#nsup-period 100
+#}
+
+namespace test {
+   replication-factor 2
+  storage-engine memory {
+       data-size 1G
+ }
+ nsup-period 60
+}
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-bindings.yml b/.github/workflows/build-bindings.yml
index 042d7258..fe1a38f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-bindings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-bindings.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run Aerospike server
       if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'new-server-features') }}
-      run: docker run -d --name aerospike -p 3000-3002:3000-3002 aerospike/aerospike-server
+      run: docker run -d --name aerospike -p 3000-3002:3000-3002 aerospike/aerospike-server -v .:./github/assets/aerospike.conf
 
 #    - name: Set config.conf to use Docker IP address of Aerospike server
 #      # config.conf should be copied into the cibuildwheel Docker container
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ jobs:
 #
 #    - name: Run Aerospike server
 #      if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'new-server-features') }}
-#      run: docker run -d --name aerospike -p 3000-3002:3000-3002 aerospike/aerospike-server
+#      run: docker run -d --name aerospike -p 3000-3002:3000-3002 aerospike/aerospike-server -v .:./github/assets/aerospike.conf
 #
 #    - name: Enable tests
 #      run: echo "TEST_COMMAND=npm test -- --h 127.0.0.1 --port 3000 --t 30000" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -553,11 +553,11 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run Aerospike server release candidate with latest tag
       if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'new-server-features') }}
-      run: docker run -d --name aerospike -p 3000-3002:3000-3002 aerospike/aerospike-server-rc:latest
+      run: docker run -d --name aerospike -p 3000-3002:3000-3002 aerospike/aerospike-server-rc:latest 
 
     - name: Run Aerospike server
       if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'new-server-features') }}
-      run: docker run -d --name aerospike -p 3000-3002:3000-3002 aerospike/aerospike-server
+      run: docker run -d --name aerospike -p 3000-3002:3000-3002 aerospike/aerospike-server -v .:./github/assets/aerospike.conf
 
     - name: Modify the package.json
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 18c722fa..6d6bcaa4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
 #        npm i --save-dev @types/yargs;
 #        npm i --save-dev @types/semver;
 #        npm i --save-dev @types/chai;
-#        npm i --save-dev @types/aerospike;
+#        npm install aerospike
 #      working-directory: ts-test
 
     - name: Run tests
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
         npm i --save-dev @types/yargs;
         npm i --save-dev @types/semver;
         npm i --save-dev @types/chai;
-        npm i --save-dev @types/aerospike;
+        npm install aerospike
         npm run ts-test
 
   test-ce:
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ jobs:
 #        npm i --save-dev @types/yargs;
 #        npm i --save-dev @types/semver;
 #        npm i --save-dev @types/chai;
-#        npm i --save-dev @types/aerospike;
+#        npm install aerospike
 #      working-directory: ts-test
 
     - name: Run tests
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ jobs:
         npm i --save-dev @types/yargs;
         npm i --save-dev @types/semver;
         npm i --save-dev @types/chai;
-        npm i --save-dev @types/aerospike;
+        npm install aerospike
         npm run ts-test
 
   test-lowest-supported-server:
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ jobs:
         npm i --save-dev @types/yargs;
         npm i --save-dev @types/semver;
         npm i --save-dev @types/chai;
-        npm i --save-dev @types/aerospike;
+        npm install aerospike
       working-directory: ts-test
 
     - name: Run tests
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ jobs:
         npm i --save-dev @types/yargs;
         npm i --save-dev @types/semver;
         npm i --save-dev @types/chai;
-        npm i --save-dev @types/aerospike;
+        npm install aerospike
       working-directory: ts-test
 
     - name: Run tests