diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 69a4049ed..a54395c3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name: GitHub Actions
 # events but only for the master branch
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ master, chogan/**, kimmy/** ]
+    branches: [ master, chogan/**, kimmy/**, hariharan/** ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
  
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 41d6fd8aa..9c81000f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ GTAGS
 
 .gdb_history
 
+/cmake-build-debug/
+/.idea/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e3d177164..72e2e5e26 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ if(CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL HERMES)
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL HERMES AND BUILD_TESTING)
+  find_package(Catch2 REQUIRED)
   add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/ci/hermes/packages/catch2/package.py b/ci/hermes/packages/catch2/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f44136e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/hermes/packages/catch2/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# If you submit this package back to Spack as a pull request,
+# please first remove this boilerplate and all FIXME comments.
+#
+# This is a template package file for Spack.  We've put "FIXME"
+# next to all the things you'll want to change. Once you've handled
+# them, you can save this file and test your package like this:
+#
+#     spack install catch2
+#
+# You can edit this file again by typing:
+#
+#     spack edit catch2
+#
+# See the Spack documentation for more information on packaging.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Catch2(CMakePackage):
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2"
+    url      = "https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git"
+
+    version('2.13.3', sha256='fedc5b008f7eb574f45098e7c7138211c543f0f8ad04792090e790511697a877')
+    
+    def url_for_version(self, version):
+        url = "https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/archive/v{0}.tar.gz"
+        return url.format(version)
+
+    def cmake_args(self):
+        options = ['-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={}'.format(self.prefix),
+                '-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF']
+        return options
+
+    def set_include(self,env,path):
+        env.append_flags('CFLAGS', '-I{}'.format(path))
+        env.append_flags('CXXFLAGS', '-I{}'.format(path))
+    def set_lib(self,env,path):
+        env.prepend_path('LD_LIBRARY_PATH', path)
+        env.append_flags('LDFLAGS', '-L{}'.format(path))
+    def set_flags(self,env):
+        self.set_include(env,'{}/include'.format(self.prefix))
+        self.set_include(env,'{}/include'.format(self.prefix))
+        self.set_lib(env,'{}/lib'.format(self.prefix))
+        self.set_lib(env,'{}/lib64'.format(self.prefix))
+    def setup_dependent_environment(self, spack_env, run_env, dependent_spec):
+        self.set_flags(spack_env)
+    def setup_run_environment(self, env):
+        self.set_flags(env) 
diff --git a/ci/hermes/packages/gortools/package.py b/ci/hermes/packages/gortools/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcda26250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/hermes/packages/gortools/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# If you submit this package back to Spack as a pull request,
+# please first remove this boilerplate and all FIXME comments.
+#
+# This is a template package file for Spack.  We've put "FIXME"
+# next to all the things you'll want to change. Once you've handled
+# them, you can save this file and test your package like this:
+#
+#     spack install rpclib
+#
+# You can edit this file again by typing:
+#
+#     spack edit rpclib
+#
+# See the Spack documentation for more information on packaging.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Gortools(Package):
+    
+    homepage = "https://developers.google.com/optimization/install/cpp"
+    version('8.0', sha256='ac01d7ebde157daaeb0e21ce54923a48e4f1d21faebd0b08a54979f150f909ee')
+    version('7.1', sha256='c4c65cb3351554d207d5bb212601ca4e9d352563cda35a283d75963739d16bbd')
+    version('7.2', sha256='13a4de5dba1f64e2e490394f8f63fe0a301ee55466ef65fe309ffd5100358ea8')
+    version('7.3', sha256='b87922b75bbcce9b2ab5da0221751a3c8c0bff54b2a1eafa951dbf70722a640e')
+    version('7.4', sha256='89fafb63308b012d56a6bb9b8da9dead4078755f137a4f6b3567b36a7f3ba85c')
+    version('7.5', sha256='fb111aaacaf89d395d62e9e871833afdcf7f168b9f004bcfc9b70a894852f808')
+    version('7.6', sha256='a41202ebe24e030dccaf15846bd24224eec692b523edd191596b6a15159a2d47')
+    version('7.7', sha256='d20eb031ea3f1b75e55e44ae6acdb674ee6fb31e7a56498be32dc83ba9bc13bd')
+    version('7.8', sha256='d93a9502b18af51902abd130ff5f23768fcf47e266e6d1f34b3586387aa2de68')
+    version('7.0', sha256='379c13c9a5ae70bf0e876763005b2d2d51fcf966882b28b1a65344f2d3d2c589')
+    depends_on('gflags')
+    depends_on('cmake')
+    depends_on('gcc@8.3.0')
+    
+    def url_for_version(self, version):
+        url = "https://github.com/google/or-tools/archive/v{}.tar.gz"
+        return url.format(version)
+    #def cmake_args(self):
+    #    args = ['-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={}'.format(self.prefix),'-DBUILD_DEPS:BOOL=ON']
+    #    return args
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        options = ['prefix=%s' % prefix]
+        #with working_dir('spack-build', create=True):
+        make('third_party')
+        make('cc')
+        make('install_cc', *options)
+    def set_include(self,env,path):
+        env.append_flags('CFLAGS', '-I{}'.format(path))
+        env.append_flags('CXXFLAGS', '-I{}'.format(path))
+    def set_lib(self,env,path):
+        env.prepend_path('LD_LIBRARY_PATH', path)
+        env.append_flags('LDFLAGS', '-L{}'.format(path))
+    def set_flags(self,env):
+        self.set_include(env,'{}/include'.format(self.prefix))
+        self.set_include(env,'{}/include'.format(self.prefix))
+        self.set_lib(env,'{}/lib'.format(self.prefix))
+        self.set_lib(env,'{}/lib64'.format(self.prefix))
+    def setup_dependent_environment(self, spack_env, run_env, dependent_spec):
+        self.set_flags(spack_env)
+    def setup_run_environment(self, env):
+        self.set_flags(env)
diff --git a/ci/hermes/repo.yaml b/ci/hermes/repo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdd6f5fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/hermes/repo.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+repo:
+  namespace: hermes 
diff --git a/ci/install_deps.sh b/ci/install_deps.sh
index df39409c5..d3ba05043 100755
--- a/ci/install_deps.sh
+++ b/ci/install_deps.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SPACK_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR}/spack
 SDS_REPO_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR}/sds-repo
 THALLIUM_VERSION=0.8.3
 GOTCHA_VERSION=develop
+CATCH2_VERSION=2.13.3
 
 echo "Installing dependencies at ${INSTALL_DIR}"
 mkdir -p ${INSTALL_DIR}
@@ -23,15 +24,18 @@ git clone https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov/sds/sds-repo.git ${SDS_REPO_DIR}
 
 set +x
 spack repo add ${SDS_REPO_DIR}
+spack repo add ./ci/hermes
 
 GOTCHA_SPEC=gotcha@${GOTCHA_VERSION}
 spack install ${GOTCHA_SPEC}
 THALLIUM_SPEC="mochi-thallium~cereal@${THALLIUM_VERSION} ^mercury~boostsys"
 spack install ${THALLIUM_SPEC}
+CATCH2_SPEC="catch2@${CATCH2_VERSION}"
+spack install ${CATCH2_SPEC}
 
 SPACK_STAGING_DIR=~/spack_staging
 mkdir -p ${SPACK_STAGING_DIR}
-spack view --verbose symlink ${SPACK_STAGING_DIR} ${THALLIUM_SPEC} ${GOTCHA_SPEC}
+spack view --verbose symlink ${SPACK_STAGING_DIR} ${THALLIUM_SPEC} ${GOTCHA_SPEC} ${CATCH2_SPEC}
 set -x
 
 ORTOOLS_VERSION=v7.7
diff --git a/ci/install_hermes.sh b/ci/install_hermes.sh
index 4c139847a..a4e3b599d 100755
--- a/ci/install_hermes.sh
+++ b/ci/install_hermes.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ cmake                                                      \
     -DHERMES_USE_THREAD_SANITIZER=OFF                      \
     -DHERMES_RPC_THALLIUM=ON                               \
     -DHERMES_DEBUG_HEAP=OFF                                \
+    -DBUILD_TESTING=ON                                     \
     ..
 
 cmake --build . -- -j4
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index aba507b76..30953d451 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if(HERMES_HAVE_GOTCHA)
   add_executable(stdio_test stdio_test.c)
   target_link_libraries(stdio_test hermes)
   add_executable(mpi_test mpi_test.c)
-  target_link_libraries(mpi_test hermes)
+  target_link_libraries(mpi_test hermes MPI::MPI_CXX)
 endif()
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------