diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
index b6fb6e7f5..ac296b969 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,41 @@ jobs:
             git clone https://gitea.psi.ch/SwissFEL/morbidissimo.git
             echo "PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$(pwd)/morbidissimo" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+            # for elog 
+
+            sudo apt update
+            sudo apt install -y make gcc wget tar
+
+            # wget https://midas.psi.ch/elog/elog-3.1.3.tgz
+            wget --content-disposition "https://sourceforge.net/projects/elog/files/elog/3.1.3/elog-3.1.3.tgz/download"
+            tar xvf elog-3.1.3.tgz
+
+            cd elog-3.1.3
+            make
+            cd ..
+
+            mkdir -p elog_instance/logbooks
+            echo -e "[global]\nport = 8080\nlogdir = logbooks\nallowposting = 1\nallowhtml = 1" > elog_instance/elogd.cfg
+
+            ./elog-3.1.3/elogd -c elog_instance/elogd.cfg &
+            sleep 3
+
+            mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
+            cp elog-3.1.3/elogd ~/.local/bin
+            echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+            echo "🔍 Listing ~/.local/bin contents:"
+            ls -l ~/.local/bin
+
+            echo "🔍 PATH at runtime:"
+            echo "$PATH"
+
+            echo "🔍 Is elogd available?"
+            which elogd || echo "❌ elogd not found"
+
+            echo "🔍 Does elogd binary exist where expected?"
+            test -f ~/.local/bin/elogd && echo "✅ elogd found" || echo "❌ elogd missing"
+
         continue-on-error: true
 
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