diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docker-tester.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docker-tester.yml
index f6f7315a7..78148a863 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docker-tester.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docker-tester.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ jobs:
           version: latest
           endpoint: ${{ env.CONTEXT_NAME }} # self-hosted
       - name: Login to GHCR
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
@@ -80,25 +79,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           context: .
           platforms: ${{env.platforms}}
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
           target: tester
           secrets: |
-            "github_token=${{ secrets.BOT_PAT }}"
-  test:
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, dpdk ]
-    needs: buildAndPushTester
-    steps:
-      - name: Determine SHA for Docker Image
-        id: get_sha
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" ]]; then
-            echo "DOCKER_IMAGE_SHA=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          else
-            echo "DOCKER_IMAGE_SHA=${{ github.sha }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
-      - name: Run tests
-        id: run_tests
-        run: |
-          docker run --privileged --mount type=bind,source=/dev/hugepages,target=/dev/hugepages ghcr.io/ironcore-dev/dpservice-tester:${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGE_SHA }}
+            "github_token=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
index 8325bd865..3028e904e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
@@ -74,5 +74,3 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
           target: production
-          secrets: |
-            "github_token=${{ secrets.BOT_PAT }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..584526744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Pull Request Code test
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [ assigned, opened, synchronize, reopened ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**/*.md'
+
+jobs:
+  checks:
+    name: test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+      - run: make test
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8a6e0d139..8641f6f95 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ COPY .git/ .git/
 # therefore downloading using 'ADD' is not possible
 RUN --mount=type=secret,id=github_token,dst=/run/secrets/github_token \
 sh -c 'GITHUB_TOKEN=$(if [ -f /run/secrets/github_token ]; then cat /run/secrets/github_token; else echo ""; fi) \
-&& ./hack/rel_download.sh -dir=exporter -owner=ironcore-dev -repo=prometheus-dpdk-exporter -pat=$GITHUB_TOKEN \
 && ./hack/rel_download.sh -dir=client -owner=ironcore-dev -repo=dpservice-cli -strip=2 -pat=$GITHUB_TOKEN'
 
 # Compile dpservice-bin itself