diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml
index 4046e23..9e77a2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          docker run --rm ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.TAG }} bash -l -c 'HOME=$ESI_DIR opticks-full-prepare && HOME=$ESI_DIR opticks-t'
+          docker run --rm ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.TAG }} tests/test_opticks.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 027d49d..893b0cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-to: type=inline
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: docker run --rm ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest bash -l -c 'HOME=$ESI_DIR opticks-full-prepare && HOME=$ESI_DIR opticks-t'
+        run: docker run --rm ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest tests/test_opticks.sh
 
       - name: Declare latest and push
         run: docker push ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bc59376..ccb13c4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ WORKDIR $ESI_DIR
 COPY epic epic
 COPY opticks opticks
 COPY .opticks .opticks
+COPY tests tests
 COPY NVIDIA-OptiX-SDK-7.6.0-linux64-x86_64.sh .
 
 COPY <<-"EOF" /etc/profile.d/z20_opticks.sh
diff --git a/tests/test_opticks.sh b/tests/test_opticks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3e7fc5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_opticks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env -S bash -l
+
+HOME=${HOME/\/root/$ESI_DIR}
+
+opticks-full-prepare
+opticks-t