diff --git a/.github/workflows/stage-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/stage-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b5677732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/stage-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Dreambuilder stage tests
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - "main"
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3   
+    - name: Create .env file
+      run: |
+        mkdir compose/.envs && touch compose/.envs/.env.stage && echo ${{ secrets.STAGE__ENV_DATA}} > compose/.envs/.env.stage
+    - name: Create client_secret
+      run: |
+        touch client_secret.json && echo ${{ secrets.CLIENT_SECRET}} > client_secret.json
+    - name: Create .env for tests
+      run: |
+        touch compose/.envs/.env.test && echo ${{ secrets.STAGE__TEST_ENV}} > compose/.envs/.env.test
+    - name: Build stack
+      run: docker-compose -f compose/stage/docker-compose.stage.yml build --no-cache postgres redis auth-api distributions-api deployment-worker
+    - name: Start stack
+      run: |
+        docker-compose -f compose/stage/docker-compose.stage.yml up -d postgres redis 
+        docker-compose -f compose/stage/docker-compose.stage.yml up -d auth-api
+        docker-compose -f compose/stage/docker-compose.stage.yml up -d distributions-api deployment-worker
+    - name: Build tests
+      run: |
+       docker-compose -f compose/stage/docker-compose.stage.yml up tests
diff --git a/compose/stage/docker-compose.stage.yml b/compose/stage/docker-compose.stage.yml
index 5e03c286e..d01672cb4 100644
--- a/compose/stage/docker-compose.stage.yml
+++ b/compose/stage/docker-compose.stage.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,17 @@ services:
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
 #    depends_on:
 #      - redis
-
+  tests:
+    env_file: [ ../.envs/.env.test ]
+    restart: on-failure
+    build:
+      context: ../..
+      dockerfile: ./tests/backend/Dockerfile
+    volumes:
+      - ../../apiconfig:/src/apiconfig
+      - ../../database:/src/database
+      - ../../git_storage:/src/git_storage
+      - ../../tests:/src/tests
 #
 #  flower:
 #    env_file: [ ../.envs/.env.dev.local ]
diff --git a/tests/backend/Dockerfile b/tests/backend/Dockerfile
index e14d098c4..e27cb6447 100644
--- a/tests/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ WORKDIR src/
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV PYTHONBUFFERED 1
 
-COPY tests/backend/requirements.txt .
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git
+
+COPY tests/requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
+COPY services/ services/
 COPY tests/backend /src/tests/backend
 
-CMD ["pytest", "tests/backend", "-v"]
+CMD ["pytest", "tests/backend", "-sv", "-m", "regression"]
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 0ca63e0e2..668627c20 100644
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