diff --git a/.github/workflows/oscar-noinclude.yml b/.github/workflows/oscar-noinclude.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7066c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/oscar-noinclude.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+name: OscarCI (no include block)
+
+on:
+   pull_request:
+     branches:
+       - master
+
+jobs:
+  generatematrix:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+    env:
+      PR_NUMBER: ${{github.event.number}}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.1.0
+    - name: "Set up Julia"
+      uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+      with:
+        version: '~1.6.0-0'
+    - name: OscarDevTools - CI
+      if: github.repository == 'oscar-system/OscarDevTools.jl'
+      run: |
+        julia --project=oscar-dev -e "using Pkg;
+                                      Pkg.add(path=\".\");
+                                      Pkg.instantiate();"
+    - name: fetch OscarDevTools
+      if: github.repository != 'oscar-system/OscarDevTools.jl'
+      run: |
+        julia --project=oscar-dev -e "using Pkg;
+                                      Pkg.add(\"OscarDevTools\");
+                                      Pkg.instantiate();"
+    - id: set-matrix
+      run: |
+        julia --project=oscar-dev -e "using OscarDevTools.OscarCI;
+                 ciprefs = parse_meta(\"test/meta/OscarCI-noinclude.toml\");
+                 cimat = ci_matrix(ciprefs;
+                                   pr=${PR_NUMBER},
+                                   active_repo=\"${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}\");
+                 @show cimat;
+                 println(github_json(cimat));"
+
+  test-oscar:
+    needs: generatematrix
+    name: ${{ join(matrix.*.name) }} - ${{ matrix.os }}, julia ${{ matrix.julia-version}}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.julia-version == 'nightly' }}
+    env:
+      PR_NUMBER: ${{github.event.number}}
+    strategy:
+      matrix: ${{fromJSON(needs.generatematrix.outputs.matrix)}}
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.1.0
+      - name: "Set up Julia"
+        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+        with:
+          version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
+      - name: re-using OscarDevTools checkout
+        if: github.repository == 'oscar-system/OscarDevTools.jl'
+        run: |
+          julia --project=oscar-dev -e "using Pkg;
+                                        Pkg.add(path=\".\");
+                                        Pkg.instantiate();"
+      - name: fetch OscarDevTools
+        if: github.repository != 'oscar-system/OscarDevTools.jl'
+        run: |
+          julia --project=oscar-dev -e "using Pkg;
+                                        Pkg.add(url=\"https://github.com/oscar-system/OscarDevTools.jl\");
+                                        Pkg.instantiate();"
+      - name: "Set up Oscar-dev configuration"
+        env:
+          MATRIX_CONTEXT: ${{ toJSON(matrix) }}
+        run: |
+          echo "$MATRIX_CONTEXT"
+          julia --project=oscar-dev -e "using OscarDevTools, OscarDevTools.OscarCI;
+                   meta = job_meta_env(\"MATRIX_CONTEXT\");
+                   oscar_develop(job_pkgs(meta);
+                                 dir=\"oscar-dev\",
+                                 active_repo=\"${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}\");
+                   github_env_runtests(meta;
+                                       varname=\"oscar_run_tests\",
+                                       filename=\"${GITHUB_ENV}\");"
+      - name: "Run tests"
+        run: |
+          echo '${{ env.oscar_run_tests }}'
+          julia --project=oscar-dev/project/ -e '${{ env.oscar_run_tests }}'
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index fecfebd..37805a8 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "OscarDevTools"
 uuid = "4f01c588-2833-446a-9dbd-6331d80acb41"
 authors = ["Benjamin Lorenz <lorenz@math.tu-berlin.de>"]
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 
 [deps]
 GitHub = "bc5e4493-9b4d-5f90-b8aa-2b2bcaad7a26"
diff --git a/src/OscarCI.jl b/src/OscarCI.jl
index 26a4bcf..51f48ba 100644
--- a/src/OscarCI.jl
+++ b/src/OscarCI.jl
@@ -138,23 +138,25 @@ function ci_matrix(meta::Dict{String,Any}; pr=0, fork=nothing, active_repo=nothi
    
    # add includes for custom configurations
    matrix["include"] = []
-   for (name,inc) in meta["include"]
-      named_include = Dict()
-      for (key,val) in inc
-         if key in ("os","julia-version")
-            named_include[key] = val
-         else
-            named_include[key] = Dict{String,Any}(
-                                    "name" => "$(pkg_parsebranch(key,val)[3])",
-                                    "branch" => val
-                                 )
-            named_include[key]["test"] = haskey(meta["pkgs"],key) ?
-                                         meta["pkgs"][key]["test"] : false
-            named_include[key]["options"] = haskey(meta["pkgs"],key) ?
-                                            meta["pkgs"][key]["testoptions"] : []
+   if haskey(meta, "include")
+      for (name,inc) in meta["include"]
+         named_include = Dict()
+         for (key,val) in inc
+            if key in ("os","julia-version")
+               named_include[key] = val
+            else
+               named_include[key] = Dict{String,Any}(
+                                                     "name" => "$(pkg_parsebranch(key,val)[3])",
+                                                     "branch" => val
+                                                    )
+               named_include[key]["test"] = haskey(meta["pkgs"],key) ?
+               meta["pkgs"][key]["test"] : false
+               named_include[key]["options"] = haskey(meta["pkgs"],key) ?
+               meta["pkgs"][key]["testoptions"] : []
+            end
          end
+         push!(matrix["include"],named_include)
       end
-      push!(matrix["include"],named_include)
    end
    return matrix
 end
diff --git a/test/meta/OscarCI-noinclude.toml b/test/meta/OscarCI-noinclude.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73e7463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/meta/OscarCI-noinclude.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+title = "metadata for oscar CI run"
+
+# keep it small to prevent job-explosion
+[env]
+os = [ "ubuntu-latest" ]
+julia-version = [ "~1.6.0-0" ]
+
+# for OscarDevTools we mostly use release versions
+[pkgs]
+  [pkgs.Oscar]
+  branches = [ "master" ]
+  test = true
+  testoptions = []