diff --git a/.ci/build-kit/install_and_test.sh b/.ci/build-kit/install_and_test.sh
index 2d0c47b48..a3b8c3e89 100755
--- a/.ci/build-kit/install_and_test.sh
+++ b/.ci/build-kit/install_and_test.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+!/bin/sh
 
 set -e
 
 cmake \
     -B build \
     -S "$EXT_MOUNT/source" \
-    -DBUILD_TESTING_LIBOCPP=ON \
+    -G Ninja \
+    -DBUILD_TESTING=ON \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$WORKSPACE_PATH/dist"
 
-make -j$(nproc) -C build install
+ninja -j$(nproc) -C build install
 
-cd ./build/tests/ 
-
-./database_tests
-./utils_tests
+ninja -j$(nproc) -C build tests/test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
index 75350c896..2a57d2d0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+# Please reference work here https://github.com/EVerest/everest-core/tree/main/.github/workflows
+# TODO: modify to reuse the above workflow to DRY up CI.
+
 name: Build and test libocpp
 on: 
+  push:
+    branch: "**"
   pull_request: {}
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -13,7 +18,7 @@ on:
           - 'large-ubuntu-22.04-xxl'
 jobs:
   lint:
-    name: Install and test
+    name: Lint
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-22.04]
@@ -29,6 +34,17 @@ jobs:
           source-dir: source
           extensions: hpp,cpp
           exclude: cache
+  install_and_test:
+    name: Install and test
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout libocpp
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: source
       - name: Setup run scripts
         run: |
           mkdir scripts
@@ -43,4 +59,10 @@ jobs:
           --volume "$(pwd):/ext" \
           --name test-container \
           build-kit run-script install_and_test
+      - name: Archive test results
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ctest-report
+          path: /workspace/build/tests/Testing/Temporary/LastTest.log
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d2a1bc5ee..8e78b9cb2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-*build*
-!.ci/**
-!.github/**
+/build
 !.gitignore
 *vscode
-cache/
+.cache/
 workspace.yaml
 CMakeLists.txt.user
 !doc/build-with-fetchcontent
+/dist
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 182250711..2eed8f2b2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ if(CMAKE_RUN_CLANG_TIDY)
     -export-fixes=clang-tidy-fixes.yaml)
 endif()
 
-if(BUILD_TESTING_LIBOCPP)
+if(BUILD_TESTING)
+    enable_testing()
+    include(CTest)
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dcfe27f8f..ef7b0bbb7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -498,19 +498,7 @@ The main reference for the integration of libocpp for OCPP1.6 is the ocpp::v16::
 
 ## Unit testing
 
-If you want to run the unit tests in the tests subdirectory: install the needed dependencies.
-For Debian GNU/Linux 11 you can install it like this:
-
-```bash
-sudo apt install libgtest-dev lcov
-python3 -m pip install gcovr
-```
-
-Run the unit tests
-  
-```bash
-  cmake .. -DBUILD_TESTING=ON
-```
+GTest is required for building the test cases target. To build the target and run the tests you can reference the script `.ci/build-kit/install_and_test.sh`. The script allows the GitHub Actions runner to execute. Local testing is still in progress.
 
 ## Building with FetchContent instead of EDM
 In [doc/build-with-fetchcontent](doc/build-with-fetchcontent) you can find an example how to build libocpp with FetchContent instead of EDM.
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 74ef3e953..f142b847b 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+add_definitions(-D_SQL_INIT_FILE="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/everest/modules/OCPP/init.sql")
 add_executable(database_tests database_tests.cpp)
 
 target_include_directories(database_tests PUBLIC ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/tests/database_tests.cpp b/tests/database_tests.cpp
index 2c487d89d..b6400f88a 100644
--- a/tests/database_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/database_tests.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace ocpp {
 namespace v16 {
+#define SQL_INIT_FILE _SQL_INIT_FILE
 
 ChargingProfile get_sample_charging_profile() {
     ChargingSchedulePeriod period1;
@@ -52,9 +53,9 @@ ChargingProfile get_sample_charging_profile() {
 class DatabaseTest : public ::testing::Test {
 protected:
     void SetUp() override {
-        this->db_handler =
-            std::make_unique<DatabaseHandler>(CP_ID, std::filesystem::path("/tmp"),
-                                              std::filesystem::path("../../dist/share/everest/modules/OCPP/init.sql"));
+        std::cout << SQL_INIT_FILE <<std::endl;
+        this->db_handler = std::make_unique<DatabaseHandler>(CP_ID,std::filesystem::path("/tmp"), 
+                                                             std::filesystem::path(SQL_INIT_FILE));
         this->db_handler->open_db_connection(2);
     }