diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..976a823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: R-CMD-check
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: 'release'
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          cache: "always"
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 31e76cd..38e7da2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Author: Michelle Golchert
-FROM inwt/r-batch:3.5.1
+FROM inwt/r-batch:4.5.1
 
 ADD . .
+
 RUN installPackage
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c61c06..692beab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/INWTlab/mctools/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/INWTlab/mctools/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
+
 The problem
 -----------