diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f88ea958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Backend
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - "master"
+    paths:
+      - "packages/auth/**"
+      - "packages/models/**"
+      - "packages/atlas/**"
+      - "services/server/**"
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# @ref https://docs.github.com/en/actions/use-cases-and-examples/using-containerized-services/creating-postgresql-service-containers
+jobs:
+  main:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: node:20-bookworm-slim
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: litespace
+          POSTGRES_DB: test
+        # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "20.11.1"
+      - name: Enable pnpm
+        run: corepack enable pnpm
+      - name: Get pnpm store directory
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        name: Setup pnpm cache
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.STORE_PATH }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install
+      - name: Build packages
+        run: pnpm build:server:pkgs
+      - name: Run models tests
+        run: pnpm models test:ci
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a7773471c..c718cd402 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "build:pkg:assets": "pnpm --filter @litespace/assets build",
-    "build:pkg:atlas": "pnpm --filter @litespace/atlas build",
-    "build:pkg:auth": "pnpm --filter @litespace/auth build",
-    "build:pkg:emails": "pnpm --filter @litespace/emails build",
-    "build:pkg:luna": "pnpm --filter @litespace/luna build",
-    "build:pkg:models": "pnpm --filter @litespace/models build",
-    "build:pkg:sol": "pnpm --filter @litespace/sol build",
-    "build:pkg:types": "pnpm --filter @litespace/types build",
-    "build:pkg:headless": "pnpm --filter @litespace/headless build",
+    "build:pkg:assets": "pnpm assets build",
+    "build:pkg:atlas": "pnpm atlas build",
+    "build:pkg:auth": "pnpm auth build",
+    "build:pkg:emails": "pnpm emails build",
+    "build:pkg:luna": "pnpm luna build",
+    "build:pkg:models": "pnpm models build",
+    "build:pkg:sol": "pnpm sol build",
+    "build:pkg:types": "pnpm types build",
+    "build:pkg:headless": "pnpm headless build",
     "build:pkgs": "pnpm build:pkg:assets && pnpm build:pkg:types && pnpm build:pkg:sol && pnpm build:pkg:emails && pnpm build:pkg:models && pnpm build:pkg:atlas && pnpm build:pkg:headless && pnpm build:pkg:auth &&  pnpm build:pkg:luna",
+    "build:server:pkgs": "pnpm build:pkg:types && pnpm build:pkg:sol && pnpm build:pkg:emails && pnpm build:pkg:models && pnpm build:pkg:atlas && pnpm build:pkg:auth",
     "watch:atlas": "pnpm build:pkg:atlas -w",
     "watch:auth": "pnpm auth watch",
     "watch:emails": "pnpm emails watch",
diff --git a/packages/models/.env.test.ci b/packages/models/.env.test.ci
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2033cbca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/models/.env.test.ci
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:litespace@postgres:5432/test
+PG_USER='postgres'
+PG_PASSWORD='litespace'
+PG_HOST='postgres'
+PG_PORT='5432'
+PG_DATABASE='test'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/models/fixtures/shared.ts b/packages/models/fixtures/shared.ts
index 2d7a12639..5eee408bc 100644
--- a/packages/models/fixtures/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/models/fixtures/shared.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ async function execute(command: string): Promise<string> {
   });
 }
 
+const ci = !!process.env.CI;
+
 export async function down() {
-  await execute("pnpm migrate:test down");
+  const command = ci
+    ? "pnpm migrate:test:ci down"
+    : "pnpm migrate:test:local down";
+  await execute(command);
 }
 
 export async function up() {
-  await execute("pnpm migrate:test up");
+  const command = ci ? "pnpm migrate:test:ci up" : "pnpm migrate:test:local up";
+  await execute(command);
 }
diff --git a/packages/models/package.json b/packages/models/package.json
index a452d717b..ab22b7532 100644
--- a/packages/models/package.json
+++ b/packages/models/package.json
@@ -12,16 +12,19 @@
     "build": "rollup -c --bundleConfigAsCjs",
     "watch": "pnpm build -w",
     "migrate": "env-cmd -f .env node-pg-migrate",
-    "migrate:test": "env-cmd -f .env.test node-pg-migrate",
+    "migrate:test:local": "env-cmd -f .env.test node-pg-migrate",
+    "migrate:test:ci": "env-cmd -f .env.test.ci node-pg-migrate",
     "seed": "env-cmd -f .env vite-node scripts/seed.ts",
     "reseed": "pnpm migrate down && pnpm migrate up && pnpm seed",
-    "test": "env-cmd -f .env.test jest -i --runInBand --detectOpenHandles"
+    "test": "jest --runInBand --detectOpenHandles --forceExit",
+    "test:local": "env-cmd -f .env.test pnpm run test",
+    "test:ci": "env-cmd -f .env.test.ci pnpm run test"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@litespace/models": "workspace:^",
+    "@litespace/sol": "workspace:^",
     "@faker-js/faker": "^9.0.3",
     "@jest/globals": "^29.7.0",
-    "@litespace/sol": "workspace:^",
     "@rollup/plugin-alias": "^5.1.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^25.0.8",
     "@rollup/plugin-json": "^6.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/models/tests/calls.test.ts b/packages/models/tests/calls.test.ts
index 1cd929e40..b61a982fc 100644
--- a/packages/models/tests/calls.test.ts
+++ b/packages/models/tests/calls.test.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ import dayjs from "@/lib/dayjs";
 
 describe(nameof(Calls), () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await flush();
+    return await flush();
   });
 
   describe(nameof(calls.create), () => {
     it("should insert new call row", async () => {
       const call = await calls.create();
-      expect(call.id).to.be.eq(1);
       expect(dayjs.utc(call.createdAt).isValid()).to.be.true;
       expect(dayjs.utc(call.updatedAt).isValid()).to.be.true;
       expect(call.processingTime).to.be.eq(null);
diff --git a/packages/models/tests/interviews.test.ts b/packages/models/tests/interviews.test.ts
index 2d7029534..7200078c3 100644
--- a/packages/models/tests/interviews.test.ts
+++ b/packages/models/tests/interviews.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 
 describe("Interviews", () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await fixtures.flush();
+    return await fixtures.flush();
   });
 
   describe(nameof(interviews.find), () => {
diff --git a/packages/models/tests/lessons.test.ts b/packages/models/tests/lessons.test.ts
index f7d7807e3..4cd8707fd 100644
--- a/packages/models/tests/lessons.test.ts
+++ b/packages/models/tests/lessons.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import dayjs from "@/lib/dayjs";
 
 describe("Lessons", () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await fixtures.flush();
+    return await fixtures.flush();
   });
 
   describe(nameof(lessons.countCounterpartMembers), () => {
diff --git a/packages/models/tests/messages.test.ts b/packages/models/tests/messages.test.ts
index 72d467c0d..7d25be56d 100644
--- a/packages/models/tests/messages.test.ts
+++ b/packages/models/tests/messages.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 
 describe("Messages", () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await fixtures.flush();
+    return await fixtures.flush();
   });
 
   describe(nameof(messages.countUserMessages), () => {
diff --git a/packages/models/tests/ratings.test.ts b/packages/models/tests/ratings.test.ts
index f3084d2ca..c0871a664 100644
--- a/packages/models/tests/ratings.test.ts
+++ b/packages/models/tests/ratings.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 
 describe("Ratings", () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await fixtures.flush();
+    return await fixtures.flush();
   });
 
   describe(nameof(ratings.create), () => {
diff --git a/packages/models/tests/rooms.test.ts b/packages/models/tests/rooms.test.ts
index 4047d4d7b..22954c94b 100644
--- a/packages/models/tests/rooms.test.ts
+++ b/packages/models/tests/rooms.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { IUser } from "@litespace/types";
 
 describe("Rooms", () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await fixtures.flush();
+    return await fixtures.flush();
   });
 
   describe(nameof(rooms.create), () => {
diff --git a/packages/models/tests/topics.test.ts b/packages/models/tests/topics.test.ts
index ba3ff748c..a6544d3ab 100644
--- a/packages/models/tests/topics.test.ts
+++ b/packages/models/tests/topics.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import dayjs from "@/lib/dayjs";
 
 describe("Topics", () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await fixtures.flush();
+    return await fixtures.flush();
   });
 
   describe(nameof(topics.create), () => {
diff --git a/packages/models/tests/users.test.ts b/packages/models/tests/users.test.ts
index 4a0ade4f3..7540fc190 100644
--- a/packages/models/tests/users.test.ts
+++ b/packages/models/tests/users.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ describe("Users", () => {
         gender: IUser.Gender.Male,
       });
 
-      expect(user.id).to.be.eq(1);
       expect(user.name).to.be.eq(name);
       expect(user.role).to.be.eq(IUser.Role.Student);
       expect(user.gender).to.be.eq(IUser.Gender.Male);