diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruff.yaml b/.github/workflows/ruff.yaml
index b7e2b3e6..d30a5037 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ruff.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruff.yaml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ jobs:
   isort:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: isort/isort-action@v1
         with:
           requirements-files: "requirements.txt test-requirements.txt"
   ruff:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: chartboost/ruff-action@v1
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yaml
index 1e097b78..391e47bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo `pwd`
           ls ${{ github.workspace }}
-          python -m pip install . --no-deps
+          python -m pip install -e . --no-deps
 
       - name: Access rubin-sim-data cache
         id: cache-rs
@@ -70,11 +70,14 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: conda list
 
+      - name: run black
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: black --check
+
       - name: run tests
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           export RUBIN_SIM_DATA_DIR=~/rubin_sim_data
-          #pytest -r a -v 
           pytest -r a -v --cov=rubin_sim --cov=tests --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term --cov-branch
 
       - name: Upload coverage to codecov