diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46da69ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+name: Unit tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./tests
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: 'recursive'
+    
+    - name: Unpack test files
+      run: |
+        tar xf elasticc2_alert_test_data.tar.bz2
+    
+    - name: Build docker images
+      run: |
+        docker compose build
+    
+    - name: Bring docker environments up
+      run: |
+        docker compose up -d shell
+    
+    - name: Run Cycle Tests
+      run: |
+        docker compose exec -it shell /bin/bash -c "python3 -m pytest /tests/test_elasticc2_spectrumcycle.py"
+    
+    - name: Post to a Slack channel
+      #if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+      id: slack
+      uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v2
+      with:
+        # #lf-resspect-ci channel in LSSTC slack workspace
+        method: chat.postMessage
+        token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
+        payload: |
+          {
+            "channel": "C080P31B1L4",
+            "text": "GitHub Action build result: *${{ job.status }}* :${{ job.status }}:",
+            "blocks": [
+              {
+                "type": "header",
+                "text": {
+                  "type": "plain_text",
+                  "text": "${{ github.repository }}"
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "section",
+                "text": {
+                  "type": "mrkdwn",
+                  "text": "GitHub Action build result: *${{ job.status }}* :${{ job.status }}:"
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "divider"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "section",
+                "text": {
+                  "type": "mrkdwn",
+                  "text": "${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+      env:
+        SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9cf019c..ddbadfd7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -157,3 +157,8 @@ tom_desc/admin_tools/elasticc2_dump_10obj.sql
 tom_desc/admin_tools/elasticc2_dump_100obj.sql
 tom_desc/admin_tools/elasticc2_dump_1000obj.sql
 tom_desc/elasticc_subset.sql
+
+# Locations of runtime files for a docker compose dev setup
+tom_desc/elasticc2/static/
+tom_desc/load_snana_fits_reconstruct_indexes_constraints.sql
+
diff --git a/tests/alertcyclefixtures.py b/tests/alertcyclefixtures.py
index 8135a3a4..f4f72bc1 100644
--- a/tests/alertcyclefixtures.py
+++ b/tests/alertcyclefixtures.py
@@ -507,5 +507,6 @@ def alert_cycle_complete( request, tomclient ):
             'classifications_100daysmore_elasticc2_ingested',
             'classifications_100daysmore_fastdb_dev_ingested',
             'update_fastdb_dev_diasource_100daysmore',
+            'update_elasticc2_diasource_100daysmore',
             'api_classify_existing_alerts',
             'alert_cycle_complete' ]
diff --git a/tests/test_elasticc2_spectrumcycle.py b/tests/test_elasticc2_spectrumcycle.py
index b0a87236..f9d46409 100644
--- a/tests/test_elasticc2_spectrumcycle.py
+++ b/tests/test_elasticc2_spectrumcycle.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 class TestSpectrumCycle:
 
     @pytest.fixture( scope='class' )
-    def ask_for_spectra( self, update_diasource_100daysmore, tomclient ):
+    def ask_for_spectra( self, update_elasticc2_diasource_100daysmore, tomclient ):
         objs = elasticc2.models.DiaObject.objects.all().order_by("diaobject_id")
         objs = list( objs )
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def ask_for_spectra( self, update_diasource_100daysmore, tomclient ):
 
 
     # TODO : test things other than detected_since_mjd sent to gethottransients
-    def test_hot_sne( self, update_diasource_100daysmore, tomclient ):
+    def test_hot_sne( self, update_elasticc2_diasource_100daysmore, tomclient ):
         # Testing detected_in_last_days is fraught because
         #   the mjds in elasticc2 are what they are, are
         #   in the future (as of this comment writing).
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ def test_hot_sne( self, update_diasource_100daysmore, tomclient ):
 
         res = tomclient.post( 'elasticc2/gethottransients', json={ 'detected_since_mjd': 60660 } )
         sne = res.json()['diaobject']
-        assert len(sne) == 5
+        assert len(sne) == 8
 
         snids = { s['objectid'] for s in sne }
-        assert snids == { 15232, 416626, 1263066, 1286131, 1913410 }
+        assert snids == {15232, 1913410, 2110476, 416626, 1286131, 1684659, 1045654, 1263066}
 
         # Should probably check more than this...
         assert set( sne[0].keys() ) == { 'objectid', 'ra', 'dec', 'photometry', 'zp', 'redshift', 'sncode' }
diff --git a/tom_desc/fastdb_dev/DataTools.py b/tom_desc/fastdb_dev/DataTools.py
index 3db5ec3a..1b1bc91a 100644
--- a/tom_desc/fastdb_dev/DataTools.py
+++ b/tom_desc/fastdb_dev/DataTools.py
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger("fastdb_queries")
-_logout = logging.FileHandler( pathlib.Path( os.getenv('LOGDIR'), "/logs" ) / "fastdb_queries.log" )
+_log_path = pathlib.Path( os.environ.get('LOGDIR',""), "/logs" )
+_log_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+_logout = logging.FileHandler( _log_path / "fastdb_queries.log" )
 _logger.addHandler( _logout )
 _formatter = logging.Formatter( f'[%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s] - %(message)s',
                                     datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )