diff --git a/.github/workflows/jlpkgbutler-ci-pr-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/jlpkgbutler-ci-pr-workflow.yml
index a47670ec..24ae3325 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jlpkgbutler-ci-pr-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jlpkgbutler-ci-pr-workflow.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    fail-fast: false
     strategy:
       matrix:
         julia-version: ['1.0', '1.1', '1.2', '1.3', '1.4', '1.5']
diff --git a/src/SymbolServer.jl b/src/SymbolServer.jl
index 2e65ea3b..1d881e49 100644
--- a/src/SymbolServer.jl
+++ b/src/SymbolServer.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module SymbolServer
 
-export SymbolServerInstance, getstore
+export SymbolServerInstance, getstore, get_symbol_server
 
 using Serialization, Pkg, SHA
 using Base: UUID, Process
@@ -202,6 +202,36 @@ end
 
 const stdlibs = load_core()
 
+
+VersionFloat(v::VersionNumber) = join(split(string(v),'.')[1:2],'.')
+
+global_env_path = joinpath(homedir(),".julia/environments/v$(VersionFloat(VERSION))")
+
+"""
+    symbol_server, symbol_extends = get_symbol_server(module_sym::Vector{Symbol}, env_path = global_env_path)
+    symbol_server, symbol_extends = get_symbol_server(module_sym::Symbol)
+    symbol_server, symbol_extends = get_symbol_server(module_sym::Nothing = nothing)
+
+Get symbols for the given module or current environment
+"""
+function get_symbol_server(module_sym::Vector{Symbol}, env_path = global_env_path)
+    # TODO write these to a file
+    printstyled("Getting the symbols for the environment at $env_path. Please wait....", color = :yellow)
+    env = SymbolServer.getenvtree(module_sym)
+    # symbol_server = SymbolServer.symbols(env)
+    symbol_server = getstore(SymbolServerInstance("", env_path), env_path)[2]
+    symbol_extends =  SymbolServer.collect_extended_methods(env)
+    return symbol_server, symbol_extends
+end
+
+get_symbol_server(module_sym::Symbol) = get_symbol_server([module_sym])
+
+function get_symbol_server(module_sym::Nothing = nothing)
+    symbol_server = SymbolServer.stdlibs
+    symbol_extends =  SymbolServer.collect_extended_methods(SymbolServer.stdlibs)
+    return symbol_server, symbol_extends
+end
+
 function _precompile_()
     ccall(:jl_generating_output, Cint, ()) == 1 || return nothing
     Base.precompile(Tuple{Type{SymbolServer.DataTypeStore},SymbolServer.FakeTypeName,SymbolServer.FakeTypeName,Array{Any,1},Array{Any,1},Array{Symbol,1},Array{Any,1},String,Bool})
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 81acb5a4..bbc0efbf 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -136,5 +136,63 @@ end
 end
 
 
+# use for testing get_symbol_server
+using Sockets, SHA, Markdown
 
+@testset "get_symbol_servre" begin
 
+    let out = get_symbol_server()
+        symbol_server, symbol_extends = out
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Core)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Core]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Base)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Base]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Main)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Main]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test typeof(symbol_extends) === Dict{SymbolServer.VarRef,Vector{SymbolServer.VarRef}}
+    end
+
+    let out = get_symbol_server(:Sockets)
+        symbol_server, symbol_extends = out
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Sockets)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Sockets]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Core)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Core]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Base)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Base]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Main)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Main]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test typeof(symbol_extends) === Dict{SymbolServer.VarRef, Vector{SymbolServer.VarRef}}
+
+    end
+
+    let out = get_symbol_server([:SHA, :Markdown])
+        symbol_server, symbol_extends = out
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :SHA)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:SHA]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Markdown)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Markdown]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Core)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Core]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Base)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Base]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test haskey(symbol_server, :Main)
+        @test typeof(symbol_server[:Main]) === SymbolServer.ModuleStore
+
+        @test typeof(symbol_extends) === Dict{SymbolServer.VarRef, Vector{SymbolServer.VarRef}}
+
+    end
+end