diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9c96b9e..63fb28a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -31,11 +31,8 @@ jobs:
     name: ${{ matrix.name }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     steps:
-      - name: "Setup actions/checkout"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       # setup ubuntu dependencies
-      - name: Setup Ubuntu dependencies
+      - name: "Setup Ubuntu dependencies"
         if: matrix.runner == 'ubuntu-20.04'
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
@@ -47,30 +44,32 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           brew update
           brew install llvm@17
-          echo "$(brew --prefix llvm@17)/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          echo "$$(brew --prefix llvm@17)/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
-      - name: Install Node.js
+      - name: "Install Node.js"
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 18
 
+      - name: "Install pnpm"
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
+        with:
+          version: 8
+          run_install: false
+
       - name: "Setup rust"
         uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          components: rustfmt
 
-      - name: Add rust target (macOS)
-        if: ${{ matrix.runner == 'macos-latest' }}
+      - name: "Add rust target (macOS)"
+        if: matrix.runner == 'macos-latest'
         run: rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
 
-      - name: Add rust target (Other)
-        if: ${{ matrix.runner != 'macos-latest' }}
+      - name: "Add rust target (Other)"
+        if: matrix.runner != 'macos-latest'
         run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
 
-      - name: Install pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
-        with:
-          version: 8
-          run_install: false
-
       - name: Install GUI frontend dependencies
         run: cd edgen && pnpm install # change this to npm or pnpm depending on which one you use
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cdf9ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: "CI"
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    name: CI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: "Setup actions/checkout"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # setup ubuntu dependencies
+      - name: "Setup Ubuntu dependencies"
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential curl wget file libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev  patchelf
+
+      - name: "Install Node.js"
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+
+      - name: "Install pnpm"
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
+        with:
+          version: 8
+          run_install: false
+
+      - name: "Setup rust"
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          components: rustfmt
+
+      - name: "Add rust target"
+        run: rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+      - name: Rustfmt Check
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/rustfmt@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup-action/action.yml b/.github/workflows/setup-action/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f004bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup-action/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# name: "Setup"
+# description: "Setup environment for CI"
+# inputs:
+#   runner:
+#     description: "The runner for the setup"
+#     required: true
+#     type: string
+#   target:
+#     description: "The target for Rust"
+#     required: true
+#     type: string
+
+# runs:
+#   using: "composite"
+#   steps:
+#     # setup ubuntu dependencies
+#     - name: "Setup Ubuntu dependencies"
+#       if: inputs.runner == 'ubuntu-20.04'
+#       run: |
+#         sudo apt-get update
+#         sudo apt-get install -y build-essential curl wget file libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev  patchelf
+#       shell: bash
+
+#     # install llvm (for llvm-copy) on macos only. For cpp runtimes.
+#     - name: "Setup MacOS dependencies"
+#       if: inputs.runner == 'macos-latest'
+#       run: |
+#         brew update
+#         brew install llvm@17
+#         echo "$$(brew --prefix llvm@17)/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+#       shell: bash
+
+#     - name: "Install Node.js"
+#       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+#       with:
+#         node-version: 18
+
+#     - name: "Install pnpm"
+#       uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
+#       with:
+#         version: 8
+#         run_install: false
+
+#     - name: "Setup rust"
+#       uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+#       with:
+#         components: rustfmt
+
+#     - name: "Add rust target (macOS)"
+#       if: inputs.runner == 'macos-latest'
+#       run: rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
+#       shell: bash
+
+#     - name: "Add rust target (Other)"
+#       if: inputs.runner != 'macos-latest'
+#       run: rustup target add ${{ inputs.target }}
+#       shell: bash