diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1b3836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+name: Tests
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/tests.yml'
+      - 'deepface/**'  
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - 'api/**'
+      - 'requirements.txt'
+      - '.gitignore'
+      - 'setup.py'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/tests.yml'
+      - 'deepface/**'  
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - 'api/**'
+      - 'requirements.txt'
+      - '.gitignore'
+      - 'setup.py'
+
+jobs:
+  lint_with_flake8:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.8]
+
+    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: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install flake8
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+  unit-tests-ubuntu-latest:
+    needs: lint_with_flake8
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.8]
+
+    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: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install pytest
+        pip install .
+        
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        cd tests
+        pytest unit_tests.py
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea95988..fe67f86 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ deepface/detectors/__pycache__/*
 tests/dataset/*.pkl
 .DS_Store
 deepface/.DS_Store
+*.pyc