diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4eba9de627..495c8bc4fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 5432:5432
         # needed because the postgres container does not provide a healthcheck
-        options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+        options: 
+          --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+          --name postgres
 
       elasticsearch:
         image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.9.2
@@ -40,34 +42,22 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - name: Set up backend environment
+        uses: maykinmedia/setup-django-backend@v1
         with:
+          apt-packages: 'libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libxmlsec1-openssl gettext postgresql-client libgdal-dev gdal-bin'
           python-version: '3.9'
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2-beta
-        with:
-          node-version: '12'
-
-      - name: Install system packages
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update \
-          && sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-            libgdal-dev \
-            gdal-bin
+          optimize-postgres: 'yes'
+          pg-service: 'postgres'
+          setup-node: 'yes'
+          npm-ci-flags: '--legacy-peer-deps'
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install additional dependencies (playwright)
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libxmlsec1-openssl
-          pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
           playwright install
           playwright install msedge
           playwright install-deps
 
-      - name: Build frontend
-        run: |
-          npm ci
-          npm run build
-
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           python src/manage.py collectstatic --noinput --link
@@ -76,8 +66,7 @@ jobs:
             src/manage.py test src \
             --parallel \
             --exclude-tag=elastic
-          coverage run src/manage.py test src --tag no-parallel
-          coverage combine
+          coverage run src/manage.py test src --tag=elastic
 
         env:
           DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: open_inwoner.conf.ci
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48082f72f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+12