diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke_test.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke_test.yml
index b90845ee..4fcece83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke_test.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on: [push, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    continue-on-error: true
     strategy:
         matrix:
           os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
@@ -20,17 +21,13 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.9'
         cache: 'pip' 
 
-    - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
     - name: Install this package
       run: pip install -e .
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
     
     - name: Run the smoke tests
       run: |
-        music_box configFile="tests\configs\analytical_config\my_config.json" outputDir="tests\configs\analytical_config"
+        music_box configFile=tests/configs/analytical_config/my_config.json outputDir=tests/configs/analytical_config
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d32852a8..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-musica==0.6.1.dev0
-pandas
-pipx
-pytest
-twine
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/acom_music_box/music_box_main.py b/src/acom_music_box/music_box_main.py
index 1016dc4f..8035e88f 100644
--- a/src/acom_music_box/music_box_main.py
+++ b/src/acom_music_box/music_box_main.py
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ def main():
     logger.info("myBox = {}".format(myBox))
 
     # create solver and solve, writing output to requested directory
-    campConfig = os.path.dirname(musicBoxConfigFile) + "\\" + myBox.config_file
+    campConfig = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(musicBoxConfigFile), myBox.config_file)
     logger.info("CAMP config = {}".format(campConfig))
     myBox.create_solver(campConfig)
     logger.info("myBox.solver = {}".format(myBox.solver))
-    mySolution = myBox.solve(musicBoxOutputDir + "\\my_solution.csv")
+    mySolution = myBox.solve(os.path.join(musicBoxOutputDir, "mySolution.csv"))
     logger.info("mySolution = {}".format(mySolution))
 
     logger.info("End time: {}".format(datetime.datetime.now()))