diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3b1a2c2..fc3d327 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,27 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run pre-commit steps
         run: |
           pre-commit run --all-files
+  run-tests:
+    name: tests via pytest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install --upgrade pip 
+          pip install -e .[dev,audit]
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          pytest .
+      - name: Upload coverage
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: coverage-data
+          path: coverage/coverage.xml
+          if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 52cc96e..135110e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ docs =
 
 
 [tool:pytest]
-addopts = --cov-config=setup.cfg --cov-report=html --cov=seismometer
+addopts = --cov-config=setup.cfg --cov=seismometer --cov-report=term --cov-report=html --cov-report=xml:coverage/coverage.xml
 testpaths = tests
 json_report = coverage/test-report.json
 jsonapi = True