diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..435247c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+
+name: Python package
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install flake8 pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        python tests.py
diff --git a/extract_msg_tests/ole_writer_tests.py b/extract_msg_tests/ole_writer_tests.py
index 610c2aa7..127b58df 100644
--- a/extract_msg_tests/ole_writer_tests.py
+++ b/extract_msg_tests/ole_writer_tests.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ def testSetup(self):
         Initial test to check that the setup does not throw exceptions.
         """
         self._setupWriter()
-
+        raise Exception()
+    
     def testAddEntryManual(self):
         """
         Tests the `addEntry` method.
diff --git a/helper-scripts/detect-prop-overlap.py b/helper-scripts/detect-prop-overlap.py.old
similarity index 100%
rename from helper-scripts/detect-prop-overlap.py
rename to helper-scripts/detect-prop-overlap.py.old
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a4ca2a9d..8402a73c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup
 import re
-
+#
 
 # A handful of variables that are used a couple of times.
 github_url = 'https://github.com/TeamMsgExtractor/msg-extractor'