diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-api.yml b/.github/workflows/test-api.yml
index eac166c1f3..788ed25133 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-api.yml
@@ -42,14 +42,25 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install golang-1.14-go
 
       - name: run test
+        run: |
+          make api-test
+
+      - name: upload coverage profile
         working-directory: ./api
-        run: go test $(go list ./... | grep -v /e2e)
+        run: |
+          bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
 
       - name: run with custom port
         working-directory: ./api
         run: |
-          sed -i 's/8080/\# 8088/' conf/conf.json
-          go run main.go &
+          export GO111MOUDULE=on
+          export APISIX_CONF_PATH=$PWD/conf
+          sed -i 's/8080/8088/' conf/conf.json
+          go build -o ./manager-api
+          ./manager-api > ./api.log 2>&1 &
+          sleep 2
+          cat ./api.log
+          cat conf/conf.json
 
       - name: run with custom port
         working-directory: ./api
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c55fedbec8..90b7a348b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+export GO111MODULE=on
+
 ### license-check:    Check apisix-dashboard source codes for Apache License
 .PHONY: license-check
 license-check:
@@ -22,4 +24,18 @@ ifeq ("$(wildcard .actions/openwhisk-utilities/scancode/scanCode.py)", "")
 	git clone https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-utilities.git .actions/openwhisk-utilities
 	cp .actions/ASF* .actions/openwhisk-utilities/scancode/
 endif
-	.actions/openwhisk-utilities/scancode/scanCode.py --config .actions/ASF-Release.cfg ./
\ No newline at end of file
+	.actions/openwhisk-utilities/scancode/scanCode.py --config .actions/ASF-Release.cfg ./
+
+
+### api-test:         Run the tests of manager-api
+.PHONY: api-test
+api-test:
+	cd api/ && go test -v -race -cover -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./...
+
+
+### help:             Show Makefile rules
+.PHONY: help
+help: default
+	@echo Makefile rules:
+	@echo
+	@grep -E '^### [-A-Za-z0-9_]+:' Makefile | sed 's/###/   /'