diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd4c333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: PR Checks
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, edited, ready_for_review]
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:latest
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "postgres"
+        # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+        ports:
+          - "5432:5432"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.9"
+          cache: "pip"
+
+      - name: Install Python Dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt -e .[dev]
+
+      # temporarily don't fail on pylint failures so they can be fixed later
+      - name: Lint with pylint
+        run: pylint --disable=C0115,C0116,C0104,C0114,W0511 src tests || true
+
+      - name: Check with flake8
+        run: flake8
+
+      - name: Check import sorting
+        run: isort --check-only -p savage -p tests .
+
+      - name: Check black formatting
+        run: black --check --line-length=100 src tests
+
+      - name: Run all tests
+        run: pytest --cov=. tests
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7e95b59..a127f09 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ default: install lint tests
 # ---- Install ----
 
 venv:
-	# Create a local virtual environment in `venv/`
+	# Use Python 3.9 for local development
 	python -mvenv $(VENV_DIR)
 
 install: venv
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 081f2a8..0f3ce3b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 test_requires = ["pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-mock"]
 dev_requires = test_requires + [
     "autopep8>=1.4.4",
-    "black>=23",
+    "black>=23.12.1",
     "flake8",
     "ipython",
     "isort>=4.3.21",
diff --git a/src/savage/api/data.py b/src/savage/api/data.py
index f212fe6..10e6e52 100644
--- a/src/savage/api/data.py
+++ b/src/savage/api/data.py
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ def _get_latest_time_slice(table, session, conds, include_deleted, limit, offset
 
 
 def _get_limit_and_offset(page, page_size):
-    """Returns a 0-indexed offset and limit based on page and page_size for a MySQL query.
-    """
+    """Returns a 0-indexed offset and limit based on page and page_size for a MySQL query."""
     if page < 1:
         raise ValueError("page must be >= 1")
     limit = page_size
diff --git a/tests/db_utils.py b/tests/db_utils.py
index 259a6d0..e6efda3 100644
--- a/tests/db_utils.py
+++ b/tests/db_utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from psycopg2 import connect
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
-PG_CONFIG = dict(user="postgres", password="", host="localhost", port=5543)
+PG_CONFIG = dict(user="postgres", password="postgres", host="localhost", port=5432)
 CI_PG_CONFIG = dict(PG_CONFIG, port=5432)
 
 MASTER_DATABASE = "postgres"
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 568af46..f6a473b 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ def test_get_products_after_version(session, user_table, get_api_test_setup):
 
 
 def test_fields_query(session, user_table, get_api_test_setup):
-    """Test specifying fields and make sure dedup happens correctly.
-    """
+    """Test specifying fields and make sure dedup happens correctly."""
     p1_history, p2_history, p3_history = get_api_test_setup
     conds = [{"product_id": 10}]
 
@@ -329,8 +328,7 @@ def test_fields_query(session, user_table, get_api_test_setup):
 
 
 def test_failure_conditions(session, user_table, get_api_test_setup):
-    """Pass invalid conds arguments and ensure the query fails.
-    """
+    """Pass invalid conds arguments and ensure the query fails."""
     conds = [{"product_id": 10, "foo": 15}]
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         get(user_table, session, t1=datetime.utcfromtimestamp(31), conds=conds)