diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
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+name: test
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Unit tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup Docker buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+      - name: Test via build
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./Dockerfile_unittests
+          push: false
+          
diff --git a/Dockerfile_unittests b/Dockerfile_unittests
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+FROM rocker/r-ver:latest
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="us@couchbits.com"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.vendor="couchbits GmbH"
+
+ENV PROJECT_DIR=/moveapps-r-sdk
+ENV RENV_PATHS_CACHE=/renv/cache
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libxml2-dev \ 
+    libudunits2-dev \
+    libgdal-dev
+
+# Create the project directory
+RUN mkdir -p $PROJECT_DIR
+
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR $PROJECT_DIR
+
+# Copy necessary files
+COPY renv.lock ./
+COPY sdk.R ./
+COPY src/ ./src/
+COPY data/ ./data/
+COPY tests/ ./tests/
+COPY RFunction.R ./
+
+# Install renv and restore packages
+RUN R -e 'install.packages("renv")' && \
+    R -e 'renv::consent(provided = TRUE); renv::restore()' && \
+    R -e 'renv::clean()'
+
+# Run tests
+RUN R -e 'install.packages("testthat")' && \
+    R -e 'testthat::test_dir("tests")'
diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
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+++ b/tests/testthat.R
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+library(testthat)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testthat.R b/tests/testthat/testthat.R
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-library(testthat)
\ No newline at end of file