diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 607615c..8ddf1fb 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Imports:
     nflreadr (>= 1.1.2),
     purrr (>= 0.3.0),
     rappdirs (>= 0.3.0),
+    recipes (>= 0.1.16),
     rlang (>= 0.1.0),
     stats,
     stringr (>= 1.4.0),
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 6de4921..5e12187 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
-S3method(print,ffep_download)
-S3method(print,ffep_output)
+S3method(print,ffopps_build)
+S3method(print,ffopps_load)
 export("%>%")
 export(.get_rosters)
 export(ep_build)
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export(ep_load)
 export(ep_predict)
 export(ep_preprocess)
 export(ep_summarize)
+import(recipes)
 import(xgboost)
 importFrom(magrittr,"%>%")
 importFrom(rlang,.data)
diff --git a/R/ep_build.R b/R/ep_build.R
index 7f25b59..0e0b8a5 100644
--- a/R/ep_build.R
+++ b/R/ep_build.R
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ ep_build <- function(season = nflreadr:::most_recent_season(), version = "latest
       ep_version = version,
       timestamp = Sys.time()
     ),
-    class = "ffep_output"
+    class = "ffopps_build"
   )
   return(out)
 }
 
 #' @export
 #' @noRd
-print.ffep_output <- function(x, ...) {
+print.ffopps_build <- function(x, ...) {
   cli::cli_alert("<ffopportunity predictions>")
   cli::cli_alert("Generated {x$timestamp} with model version {x$ep_version}")
   utils::str(x, max.level = 2, give.attr = FALSE)
diff --git a/R/ep_load.R b/R/ep_load.R
index cac579e..65b9506 100644
--- a/R/ep_load.R
+++ b/R/ep_load.R
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ep_load <- function(season = nflreadr:::most_recent_season(),
     rawToChar() %>%
     as.POSIXct()
 
-  class(out) <- c("ffep_download","tbl_df", "tbl", "data.frame")
+  class(out) <- c("ffopps_load","tbl_df", "tbl", "data.frame")
   attr(out, "ep_version") <- version
   attr(out, "ep_timestamp") <- ts
   attr(out, "ep_type") <- type
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ep_load <- function(season = nflreadr:::most_recent_season(),
 
 #' @export
 #' @noRd
-print.ffep_download <- function(x, ...) {
+print.ffopps_load <- function(x, ...) {
   cli::cli_alert("<ffopportunity predictions>")
   cli::cli_alert("Generated {.val {attr(x,'ep_timestamp')}} with ep model version {.val {attr(x,'ep_version')}}")
   NextMethod(print,x)
diff --git a/R/ep_predict.R b/R/ep_predict.R
index 871b371..18b6221 100644
--- a/R/ep_predict.R
+++ b/R/ep_predict.R
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #' @return a dataframe with the expected fields added
 #'
 #' @import xgboost
+#' @import recipes
 #'
 #' @export
 ep_predict <- function(preprocessed_pbp, version = c("latest", "v1.0.0")) {
diff --git a/R/ep_preprocess.R b/R/ep_preprocess.R
index f72c651..0022d15 100644
--- a/R/ep_preprocess.R
+++ b/R/ep_preprocess.R
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 #' @examples
 #' \donttest{
 #' try({ # catch failures for CRAN purposes
-#'   preprocessed <- readRDS(system.file("pbp_download.rds",package = "ffopportunity"))
-#'   # this file is equivalent to nflreadr::load_pbp(2021) %>% head(100)
-#'   ep_preprocess(preprocessed)
+#'   pbp_download <- readRDS(system.file("pbp_download.rds",package = "ffopportunity"))
+#'   # this file is equivalent to nflreadr::load_pbp(2021) %>% head(1000)
+#'   ep_preprocess(pbp_download)
 #'   })
 #' }
 #'
diff --git a/R/ep_version.R b/R/ep_version.R
index 85c5887..32dc662 100644
--- a/R/ep_version.R
+++ b/R/ep_version.R
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ep_cache_models <- function(version = c("latest","v1.0.0"), force = FALSE, ask =
 
   cache_dir <- rappdirs::user_cache_dir(appname = "ffopportunity", appauthor = "ffverse")
 
-  if(!dir.exists(cache_dir)) dir.create(cache_dir)
+  if(!dir.exists(cache_dir)) dir.create(cache_dir, recursive = TRUE)
 
   if(!force){
     if(file.exists(file.path(cache_dir,version))) return(invisible(NULL))
diff --git a/inst/pbp_download.rds b/inst/pbp_download.rds
index 411ec16..c9dfeb0 100644
Binary files a/inst/pbp_download.rds and b/inst/pbp_download.rds differ
diff --git a/man/ep_preprocess.Rd b/man/ep_preprocess.Rd
index 5b2a62e..dc424cc 100644
--- a/man/ep_preprocess.Rd
+++ b/man/ep_preprocess.Rd
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ expected points predictions on \code{nflreadr} data
 \examples{
 \donttest{
 try({ # catch failures for CRAN purposes
-  preprocessed <- readRDS(system.file("pbp_download.rds",package = "ffopportunity"))
-  # this file is equivalent to nflreadr::load_pbp(2021) \%>\% head(100)
-  ep_preprocess(preprocessed)
+  pbp_download <- readRDS(system.file("pbp_download.rds",package = "ffopportunity"))
+  # this file is equivalent to nflreadr::load_pbp(2021) \%>\% head(1000)
+  ep_preprocess(pbp_download)
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/setup.R b/tests/testthat/setup.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad1f3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/setup.R
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+suppressPackageStartupMessages({
+  library(testthat)
+})
+
+gha_online <- !is.null(curl::nslookup("github.com", error = FALSE))
+
+skip <- !gha_online
+
+if(gha_online){
+  tryCatch(
+    expr = {
+      ep_cache_models(version = "v1.0.0")
+      pbp_2020 <- nflreadr::load_pbp(2020)
+    },
+    warning = function(e) skip <<- TRUE,
+    error = function(e) skip <<- TRUE
+  )
+}
+
+skippy <- function() NULL
+if (skip) skippy <- function() testthat::skip(message = "Unable to connect to GHA")
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-ep_build.R b/tests/testthat/test-ep_build.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa5674a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-ep_build.R
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+test_that("ep_build and ep_load work", {
+  skippy()
+  ep_2020 <- ep_build(2020, version = "v1.0.0")
+  expect_s3_class(ep_2020,"ffopps_build")
+  expect_gte(nrow(ep_2020$ep_weekly), 5000)
+  expect_gte(nrow(ep_2020$ep_pbp_pass), 18000)
+  expect_gte(nrow(ep_2020$ep_pbp_rush), 13000)
+
+  ep_weekly <- ep_load(2020, type = "weekly",version = "v1.0.0")
+  ep_pbp_pass <- ep_load(2020, type = "pbp_pass",version = "v1.0.0")
+  ep_pbp_rush <- ep_load(2020, type = "pbp_rush",version = "v1.0.0")
+
+  expect_equal(nrow(ep_2020$ep_weekly), nrow(ep_weekly))
+  expect_equal(nrow(ep_2020$ep_pbp_pass), nrow(ep_pbp_pass))
+  expect_equal(nrow(ep_2020$ep_pbp_rush), nrow(ep_pbp_rush))
+
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-ep_calculate.R b/tests/testthat/test-ep_calculate.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 8849056..0000000
--- a/tests/testthat/test-ep_calculate.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-test_that("multiplication works", {
-  expect_equal(2 * 2, 4)
-})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-ep_load.R b/tests/testthat/test-ep_load.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 8849056..0000000
--- a/tests/testthat/test-ep_load.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-test_that("multiplication works", {
-  expect_equal(2 * 2, 4)
-})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-preprocess.R b/tests/testthat/test-preprocess.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 8849056..0000000
--- a/tests/testthat/test-preprocess.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-test_that("multiplication works", {
-  expect_equal(2 * 2, 4)
-})