diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2d44459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+name: Run the python tests for rholang actions
+
+on: [ push, pull_request ]
+
+jobs:
+  checkout:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.6.13]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: install-grpcio
+        run: |
+          pip3 install -U grpcio-tools
+      - name: Install PyRchain
+        run: |
+          git clone https://github.com/rchain/pyrchain.git
+          cd pyrchain
+          pip3 install -e .[dev]
+      - name: update protobufs and generated files
+        run: |
+          cd pyrchain
+          ./update-protobufs
+          ./update-generated || exit 0
+        env:
+          PYTHONPATH: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+      - name: Install openjdk11
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install openjdk-11-jre-headless
+      - name: Get rnode
+        run:  |
+          wget https://github.com/rchain/rchain/releases/download/v0.10.2/rnode_0.10.2_all.deb
+      - name: install rnode
+        run: |
+          sudo dpkg -i rnode_0.10.2_all.deb
+      - name: genesis
+        run: |
+          bootstrap/bootstrap
+      - name: rgov deployment
+        run: |
+          bootstrap/deploy-all
+      - name: Run RGOV rnode
+        run: |
+          bootstrap/run-rnode
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: |
+          ls -a .
+          ls -da *
+          ls -a *
+          echo $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+          export PYTHONPATH=~
+          export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+          export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages
+          export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pyrchain
+          export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.6.13/x64/lib/python3.6/site-packages
+          echo $PYTHONPATH
+          ls testing
+          testing/unit_test/test_peekInbox.py
+          cd testing && pytest
diff --git a/bootstrap/bootstrap b/bootstrap/bootstrap
index a0961127..386f5039 100755
--- a/bootstrap/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap/bootstrap
@@ -39,21 +39,36 @@ private_key=$(cat PrivateKeys/pk.bootstrap)
 mkdir -p ~/.rnode || exit 3
 tar cf - genesis|(cd ~/.rnode; tar xvf -) || exit 3
 
-rnode run -s \
+rm -f /tmp/bootstrap.fifo
+mkfifo /tmp/bootstrap.fifo
+
+stdbuf -oL -eL rnode run -s \
 	--validator-private-key "$private_key" \
 	--dev-mode \
 	-XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=100m -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=25 \
-	> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 &
+	> /tmp/bootstrap.fifo 2>&1 &
 
 PID=$!
 
-# The previous command doesn't produce output -- but this one makes up for that
-tail -f "$LOGFILE"|sed -e '/Making a transition to Running state./q'
+while true;do
+	if read -r line < /tmp/bootstrap.fifo;then
+		if echo "$line"|grep 'Making a transition to Running state.';then
+			break
+		fi
+		echo "$ME: $line"
+	else
+		sleep 1
+	fi
+done | tee "$LOGFILE"
+
+rm -f /tmp/bootstrap.fifo
 
 echo "$ME: Stopping $ME rnode process"
-sleep 3 && kill $PID && sleep 3
+sleep 3 && kill "$PID"
+
+wait "$PID"
 
 echo "$ME: Creating snapshot '$ME'"
 ./create-snapshot "$ME"
 
-stty echo
+stty echo || exit 0
diff --git a/bootstrap/deploy-all b/bootstrap/deploy-all
index 1778ce47..0de2d68f 100755
--- a/bootstrap/deploy-all
+++ b/bootstrap/deploy-all
@@ -34,22 +34,34 @@ git clone https://github.com/rchain/rchain.git || (cd rchain && git pull)
 # Updating our local source should be an option -- look into the wisdom of this
 #git pull https://github.com/rchain-community/liquid-democracy.git
 
-rnode run -s \
-   --validator-private-key "$private_key" \
-   --dev-mode \
-   -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=100m -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=25 \
-   > "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 &
+rm -f /tmp/deploy-all.fifo
+mkfifo /tmp/deploy-all.fifo
 
+stdbuf -oL -eL rnode run -s \
+	--validator-private-key "$private_key" \
+	--dev-mode \
+	-XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=100m -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=25 \
+	> /tmp/deploy-all.fifo 2>&1 &
 
 PID=$!
 
-# The previous command doesn't produce output -- but this makes up for that
-tail -F "$LOGFILE"|sed -e '/Making a transition to Running state./q' | sed "s/^/$ME: /"
+while true;do
+	if read -r line < /tmp/deploy-all.fifo;then
+		if echo "$line"|grep 'Making a transition to Running state.';then
+			break
+		fi
+		echo "$ME: $line"
+	else
+		sleep 1
+	fi
+done | tee "$LOGFILE"
+
+cat < /tmp/deploy-all.fifo | tee -a "$LOGFILE" &
 
 deployFiles() {
    WAITPID=""
    while read -r t;do
-      $DEPLOY "$t" &
+      $DEPLOY "$t"
       # shellcheck disable=SC2030
       WAITPID="$WAITPID $!"
    done |tee -a log/deployment.log 2>&1
@@ -122,6 +134,6 @@ rnode --grpc-port 40402 propose 2>&1 | tee -a log/deployment.log
 echo "$ME: Waiting for rnode to finalize (10s)" && sleep 10 && echo "$ME: Stopping deployment rnode"
 kill $PID && sleep 2
 
-echo "$ME: Creating rgov snapshot"
+wait $PID && echo "$ME: Creating rgov snapshot"
 ./create-snapshot rgov
-stty echo # for some reason, deploy screws up the terminal, so set it right
+stty echo || exit 0
diff --git a/bootstrap/run-rnode b/bootstrap/run-rnode
index 489c4dae..a7922cba 100755
--- a/bootstrap/run-rnode
+++ b/bootstrap/run-rnode
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ rnode run -s \
    -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=100m -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=25 \
    > log/run-rnode.log 2>&1 &
 
-tail -F log/run-rnode.log 2>/dev/null|sed -e '/Making a transition to Running state./q'
+while true;do
+   if grep 'Making a transition to Running state.' log/run-rnode.log;then
+      break
+   else
+      sleep 1
+   fi
+done
 
-stty echo
+# exit 0 is required to make this work in github actions
+stty echo || exit 0
diff --git a/src/MasterURI.localhost.json b/src/MasterURI.localhost.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ee2df69..00000000
--- a/src/MasterURI.localhost.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{"localhostNETWORK": { "MasterURI":
-"`rho:id:localhost`"
-}}