diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/build-docker.yml
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+name: Build Docker
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master,deploy/release,deploy/force-release]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-docker-image:
+    name: Build image and push to DockerHub
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+  
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        id: buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Login to Github Packages
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_PAT }}
+      
+      - name: Build image and push to Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          context: .
+          tags: |
+            jaedb/iris:master
+          # build on feature branches, push only on master branch
+          push: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+      - name: Image digest
+        run: echo ${{ steps.docker_build.outputs.digest }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
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+name: Python tests
+
+on:
+  - push
+  - pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install tox tox-gh-actions
+    - name: Test with tox
+      run: tox