diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dacefdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+name: Unit tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./tests
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: 'recursive'
+    
+    - name: Unpack test files
+      run: |
+        tar xf elasticc2_alert_test_data.tar.bz2
+    
+    - name: Build docker images
+      run: |
+        docker compose build
+    
+    - name: Bring docker environments up
+      run: |
+        docker compose up -d shell
+    
+    - name: Run Cycle Tests
+      run: |
+        docker compose exec -it shell /bin/bash -c "python3 -m pytest /tests/test_elasticc2_spectrumcycle.py"
+    
+    - name: Post to a Slack channel
+      if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+      id: slack
+      uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v2
+      with:
+        # #lf-resspect-ci channel in LSSTC slack workspace
+        method: chat.postMessage
+        token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
+        payload: |
+          {
+            "channel": "C080P31B1L4",
+            "text": "GitHub Action build result: *${{ job.status }}* :${{ job.status }}:",
+            "blocks": [
+              {
+                "type": "header",
+                "text": {
+                  "type": "plain_text",
+                  "text": "${{ github.repository }}"
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "section",
+                "text": {
+                  "type": "mrkdwn",
+                  "text": "GitHub Action build result: *${{ job.status }}* :${{ job.status }}:"
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "divider"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "section",
+                "text": {
+                  "type": "mrkdwn",
+                  "text": "${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+      env:
+        SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9cf019c..ddbadfd7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -157,3 +157,8 @@ tom_desc/admin_tools/elasticc2_dump_10obj.sql
 tom_desc/admin_tools/elasticc2_dump_100obj.sql
 tom_desc/admin_tools/elasticc2_dump_1000obj.sql
 tom_desc/elasticc_subset.sql
+
+# Locations of runtime files for a docker compose dev setup
+tom_desc/elasticc2/static/
+tom_desc/load_snana_fits_reconstruct_indexes_constraints.sql
+
diff --git a/tests/alertcyclefixtures.py b/tests/alertcyclefixtures.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/tom_desc/fastdb_dev/DataTools.py b/tom_desc/fastdb_dev/DataTools.py
index ab4d3c6a..67fb8725 100644
--- a/tom_desc/fastdb_dev/DataTools.py
+++ b/tom_desc/fastdb_dev/DataTools.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger("fastdb_queries")
-_logout = logging.FileHandler( pathlib.Path( os.getenv('LOGDIR', "/logs" )) / "fastdb_queries.log" )
+_log_path = pathlib.Path( os.environ.get('LOGDIR',""), "/logs" )
+_log_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+_logout = logging.FileHandler( _log_path / "fastdb_queries.log" )
 _logger.addHandler( _logout )
 _formatter = logging.Formatter( f'[%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s] - %(message)s',
                                     datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )