diff --git a/.github/coverage.sh b/.github/coverage.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6dace06aa5..0000000000
--- a/.github/coverage.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e -u
-
-perc=`go tool cover -func=coverage-check.out | tail -n 1 | sed -Ee 's!^[^[:digit:]]+([[:digit:]]+(\.[[:digit:]]+))%$!\1!'`
-res=`echo "$perc >= 80.0" | bc`
-test "$res" -eq 1 && exit 0
-echo "Insufficient coverage: $perc" >&2
-exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 8b74f1cea9..85caac5b88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: run tests
@@ -50,14 +48,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Calc coverage
       run: |
         go test -v -covermode=count -coverprofile=coverage.out
-    - name: copy coverage
-      run: cp coverage.out coverage-check.out
     - name: Convert coverage.out to coverage.lcov
       uses: jandelgado/gcov2lcov-action@v1.0.6
     - name: Coveralls
       uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v1.1.2
       with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
-          path-to-lcov: coverage.lcov
-    - name: Check coverage percent
-      run: ./.github/coverage.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+          path-to-lcov: coverage.lcov
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6f3084729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module github.com/weaveworks/weave-gitops
+
+go 1.16
+
+require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acb88a48f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 15dbb646d3..cfd93f7c31 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ package main
 
 import "fmt"
 
-func main(){
+func main() {
 	fmt.Println("Hello World!")
 }
+
+func test() string {
+	return "test"
+}
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..def83402d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestMain(t *testing.T) {
+	result := test()
+	require.Equal(t, "test", result)
+}