diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..205cd6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+
+name: Python package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install flake8 pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+        pip install .
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a88f3ce..df0e868 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 *.egg-info
 *.txt
 *.ipynb
+build/*
+*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dockrice/argparse.py b/dockrice/argparse.py
index e2a9abc..773842c 100644
--- a/dockrice/argparse.py
+++ b/dockrice/argparse.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     def __call__(factory_self, action=None):
 
-        if action == None:
+        if action is None:
             action = "store"
         if isinstance(action, str):
             action = getattr(argparse, factory_self.select[action])
diff --git a/dockrice/dockerpath.py b/dockrice/dockerpath.py
index 64fa12e..af5464a 100644
--- a/dockrice/dockerpath.py
+++ b/dockrice/dockerpath.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 from docker.types import Mount
 from typing import Union, Tuple
 from enum import Enum
-from collections.abc import Hashable, MutableSet
+import sys
 
 PathLike = Union[pathlib.PurePath, str]
 
 
 def remove_prefix(string, prefix):
-    return string[(len(prefix) if string.startswith(prefix) else 0) :]
+    return string[(len(prefix) if string.startswith(prefix) else 0):]
 
 
 class MountOption(Enum):
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ def __init__(
         self._mount_path = mount_path
         self._mount_parent = mount_parent
         self._read_only = read_only
-        super().__init__(*path)
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 12):
+            super().__init__(*path)
 
     @property
     def read_only(self) -> bool:
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ def mount_path(self) -> pathlib.PurePosixPath:
                 mount_path = pathlib.PurePosixPath(*mount_path)
             else:
                 mount_path = pathlib.PurePosixPath(mount_path)
-            if mount_parent is True:
+            if self.mount_parent is True:
                 mount_path = pathlib.PurePosixPath(mount_path, self.name)
         assert (
             mount_path.is_absolute()
diff --git a/dockrice/tests/test_dockerpath.py b/dockrice/tests/test_dockerpath.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d2ae23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockrice/tests/test_dockerpath.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dockrice import DockerPath
+from pathlib import PurePath, Path
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "arg1, arg2",
+    [
+        ("test/path", None),
+        ("test/path", "another/path"),
+        (Path("existing/path"), None),
+        (Path("existing/path"), "string/path"),
+        ("string/path", Path("existing/path")),
+    ],
+)
+def test_path_initialization(arg1, arg2):
+    if arg2 is None:
+        path = DockerPath(arg1)
+    else:
+        path = DockerPath(arg1, arg2)
+
+    path.resolve()
+    path.exists()
+    assert isinstance(path, PurePath)
+    assert isinstance(path.mount_path, PurePath)