diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..981aaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Test Python
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read # Required to checkout repository
+
+jobs:
+  pytest:
+    name: Pytest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install a specific version of uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@1e862dfacbd1d6d858c55d9b792c756523627244 # v7.1.4
+        with:
+          version: "latest"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv sync
+
+      - name: Run pytest
+        run: uv run pytest --verbose
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cddf5cc..1fa3bef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/geo_assistant"]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = "--color=yes"
+asyncio_mode = "auto"
diff --git a/src/geo_assistant/tools/overture.py b/src/geo_assistant/tools/overture.py
index 4003258..bcbf281 100644
--- a/src/geo_assistant/tools/overture.py
+++ b/src/geo_assistant/tools/overture.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import json
 from typing import Annotated
+
 import duckdb
-import json
-from langchain_core.tools import tool
-from langgraph.types import Command
 from langchain_core.messages import ToolMessage
+from langchain_core.tools import tool
 from langchain_core.tools.base import InjectedToolCallId
+from langgraph.types import Command
 
 
 def create_database_connection():
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ def create_database_connection():
 
     Returns:
         Configured DuckDB connection
+
     """
     connection = duckdb.connect()
     connection.execute("INSTALL spatial;")
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ def create_database_connection():
 
 
 @tool
-def get_place(
+async def get_place(
     place_name: str, tool_call_id: Annotated[str, InjectedToolCallId] = ""
 ) -> Command:
     """Get place location from Overture Maps based on user input place name."""
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 17c7958..0000000
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-import pytest_asyncio
-from httpx import AsyncClient, ASGITransport
-from uuid import uuid4
-
-from geo_assistant.api.app import app
-from geo_assistant.agent.graph import create_graph
-
-
-@pytest_asyncio.fixture
-async def initialized_app():
-    """Initialize the app's chatbot before testing"""
-    # Manually initialize the chatbot as the lifespan would
-    app.state.chatbot = await create_graph()
-    yield app
-    # Cleanup if needed
-    if hasattr(app.state, "chatbot"):
-        del app.state.chatbot
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_hello_world(initialized_app):
-    """Hello world test for the API"""
-    async with AsyncClient(
-        transport=ASGITransport(app=initialized_app), base_url="http://test"
-    ) as client:
-        thread_id = uuid4()
-        response = await client.post(
-            "/chat",
-            json={
-                "agent_state_input": {
-                    "messages": [{"content": "Hello, world!", "type": "human"}],
-                    "feature_collection": None,
-                },
-                "thread_id": str(thread_id),
-            },
-        )
-
-        assert response.status_code == 200
-        assert response.headers["content-type"] == "application/x-ndjson; charset=utf-8"
-
-        # Read the streaming response
-        content = response.text
-        assert content is not None
-        assert len(content) > 0
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_overture.py b/tests/tools/test_overture.py
index 733ac4f..7d7f7f9 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_overture.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_overture.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 from langchain_core.tools.base import ToolCall
+
 from geo_assistant.tools.overture import get_place
 
 
-def test_get_place():
-    command = get_place.invoke(
+async def test_get_place():
+    command = await get_place.ainvoke(
         ToolCall(
             name="get_place",
             type="tool_call",
             id="test_id",
-            args={"place_name": "Neighboourhood Cafe Lisbon"},
+            args={"place_name": "Neighbourhood Cafe Lisbon"},
         )
     )
     assert "place" in command.update