diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40bf819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://help.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    target-branch: "main"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for go modules
+  - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    target-branch: "main"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for docker
+  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    target-branch: "main"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore"
+      include: "scope"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ee7a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: 🔨 Build Test
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+
+jobs:  
+  build:
+    name: Test Builds
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.18
+
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: go test ./...
+
+      # Todo: create example folder
+      # - name: Build
+      #   run: go build .
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..601d89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: 🚨 CodeQL Analysis
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: [ 'go' ]
+        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python' ]
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+
+    - name: Autobuild
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-test.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1203b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: 🙏🏻 Lint Test
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Lint Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.18
+      - name: Run golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3.1.0
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          args: --timeout 5m
+          working-directory: .
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..600d2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.vscode
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diff --git a/networkpolicy.go b/networkpolicy.go
index eabe423..4575ba8 100644
--- a/networkpolicy.go
+++ b/networkpolicy.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (r NetworkPolicy) Validate(host string) bool {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	if r.AllowRules != nil {
+	if len(r.AllowRules) > 0 {
 		for _, r := range r.AllowRules {
 			if r.MatchString(host) {
 				isInAllowedList = true