diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_job.yml b/.github/workflows/test_job.yml
index da26f1ef..13e9f9e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_job.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_job.yml
@@ -16,23 +16,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up services
         run: docker-compose up -d --remove-orphans
       - name: Create conda env
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+        # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/setup-micromamba
+        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
         with:
-          activate-environment: freva-web
+          environment-name: freva-web
           environment-file: conda-env.yml
-          python-version: "3.11"
-          auto-activate-base: false
-      - name: Run checks in python
-        run: make tests
-      - name: Lint python
-        run: make lint
-      - name: Prepare node
-        run: npm install
-      - name: Lint js formatting
-        run: npm run lint-format
-      - name: Lint javascript
-        run: npm run lint
-      - name: Test building the prod system
-        run: npm run build-production
-      - name: Test building the dev system
-        run: npm run build
+          cache-environment: false
+          cache-downloads: false
+          init-shell: bash
+      - name: Lint js code and python
+        run: micromamba run -n freva-web make lint
+      - name: Run build checks for js and python smoke tests
+        run: micromamba run -n freva-web make tests
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d6c29552..17434489 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ setup-django:
 setup-node:
 	npm install
 
-
 runserver:
 	@echo "Starting Django development server..."
 	python manage.py runserver > runserver.log 2>&1 &
@@ -51,9 +50,13 @@ setup: setup-node setup-django dummy-data
 
 run: runfrontend runserver
 
-lint:
+lint: setup-node
+	npm run lint-format
+	npm run lint
 	black -t py310 --check .
 
-tests:
+tests: setup-node
+	npm run build-production
+	npm run build
 	rm -rf node_modules
 	pytest -vv $(PWD) tests/