diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c5c825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+on: push
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - name: run python
+        run: ./runTests.sh
+        working-directory: tests
+        env:
+          distribution: ../distribution.py
+      - name: run perl
+        run: ./runTests.sh
+        working-directory: tests
+        env:
+          distribution: ../distribution
diff --git a/tests/runTests.sh b/tests/runTests.sh
index 63108d0..c501021 100755
--- a/tests/runTests.sh
+++ b/tests/runTests.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/bash
 
 # make sure env is setup proper
 if [ "xxx$distribution" == "xxx" ] ; then