diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0b4d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: CI
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Install
+      run: . ./install
+
+    - name: Import MosaicAI
+      env:
+        OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
+        MEM0_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MEM0_API_KEY }}
+      run: |
+        . ./activate
+        echo $MEM0_API_KEY > .mem0
+        python MosaicAI/test.py
diff --git a/MosaicAI/Agent.py b/MosaicAI/Agent.py
index c826b13..c2e9010 100644
--- a/MosaicAI/Agent.py
+++ b/MosaicAI/Agent.py
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ def __init__(self, openai_key_path=_DEFAULTS["OpenAI API key path"], model=_DEFA
             self.openai = OpenAI(api_key=open(openai_key_path).read().strip())
         else:
             self.openai = OpenAI() # backup option: read env vars
-        self.mem0 = MemoryClient(api_key=open(mem0_key_path).read().strip())
+        if os.path.exists(mem0_key_path):
+            # read key from local file and connect to the mem0 API
+            self.mem0 = MemoryClient(api_key=open(mem0_key_path).read().strip())
+        else:
+            print("Error: mem0 API key not found.")
+            exit(1)
         self.user_id = 42 ## TODO
         return
 
diff --git a/MosaicAI/MosaicAI.py b/MosaicAI/MosaicAI.py
index ecd0e63..906a810 100644
--- a/MosaicAI/MosaicAI.py
+++ b/MosaicAI/MosaicAI.py
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-from FrontEnd import FrontEnd
-
 def launch():
+    from FrontEnd import FrontEnd
     FrontEnd().run()
 
+def test():
+    from Agent import Agent
+    from IMDBot import IMDBot
+    from RQE import RouterQueryEngine
+    Agent()
+    IMDBot()
+    RouterQueryEngine()
+    return True
+
 __name__ == "__main__" and launch()
diff --git a/MosaicAI/test.py b/MosaicAI/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3db2d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MosaicAI/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import MosaicAI
+assert(MosaicAI.test())
diff --git a/install b/install
index 7e2386c..c3564f2 100644
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PYTHON="python3.12"
 # deps
 DEPS="$PYTHON $PYTHON-venv $PYTHON-tk unzip curl"
 # check what flavor of linux and install deps
-FAIL(){"echo 'Unsupported Linux distribution $1'; exit 1"}
+FAIL() { echo "Unsupported Linux distribution $1"; exit 1; }
 if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
     . /etc/os-release
     if [ "$ID" == "ubuntu" ]; then
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
     elif [ "$ID" == "manjaro" ]; then
         sudo pacman -SU --noconfirm $DEPS || exit 1
     else
-        FAIL() $ID
+        FAIL "$ID"
     fi
 else
-    FAIL()
+    FAIL "$ID"
 fi
 
 # create virtual environment
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ $PYTHON -m venv --symlinks --clear venv || exit 1
 python -m pip install -r requirements.txt || exit 1
 
 # download databases
+chmod +x download_imdb_data.sh || exit 1
 ./download_imdb_data.sh || exit 1