diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 42b6188..385293b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -17,12 +17,20 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x ./scripts/install.sh
           ./scripts/install.sh
 
-      - name: apply resources and verify
-        run: |
+          kubectl config view -o yaml
+      # we might need to set KUBECONFIG here as well
+      # - name: apply resources and verify
+      #   run: |
+
+      #     chmod +x ./scripts/set-env-vars.sh
+      #     . ./scripts/set-env-vars.sh
 
-          chmod +x ./scripts/set-env-vars.sh
-          . ./scripts/set-env-vars.sh
+      #     echo $NAMESPACE
+      #     chmod +x ./scripts/verify.sh
+      #     ./scripts/verify.sh
 
-          echo $NAMESPACE
-          chmod +x ./scripts/verify.sh
-          ./scripts/verify.sh
+# now I want to use both kuttl and terratest to validate the tests
+# so I probably need the following
+# in the tests dir -> split it out
+# need a script to run the tests
+# probably needs an image as well - unless we can install on ubuntu
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index c59cad5..21ae9b2 100644
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ sudo chown runner $HOME/.kube/config
 sudo chmod go-r $HOME/.kube/config
 kubectl version
 
+# install kuttl
+curl -SSL "https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl/releases/download/v0.15.0/kuttl_0.15.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin
+
+kubectl kuttl version
+
diff --git a/scripts/verify.sh b/scripts/verify.sh
index 6c822d2..fd3fb00 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.sh
+++ b/scripts/verify.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ kubectl get ns
 kustomize build . | envsubst '$NAMESPACE' | kubectl apply -f-
 
 kubectl get ns
-kubectl get pods -n $NAMESPACE
\ No newline at end of file
+kubectl get pods -n $NAMESPACE
+
+# need to invoke the tests here
+# also wait for resources to come up
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29