diff --git a/.github/workflows/makefile.yml b/.github/workflows/makefile.yml
index e4dadb2..f51701c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/makefile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/makefile.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 name: Makefile CI
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+  # push:
+  #   branches: [ "main", "make-actions" ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: [ "main", "make-actions" ]
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     
-    - name: configure
-      run: ./configure
-      
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: make
-      
-    - name: Run check
-      run: make check
+    - name: install deps
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y stow emacs aspell
+
+    - name: stow
+      run: make stow
+
+    - name: tree
+      run: ls -lRa /home/runner/work/dotfiles
       
-    - name: Run distcheck
-      run: make distcheck
+    - name: emacs
+      run: HOME=/home/runner/work/dotfiles emacs --batch --load /home/runner/work/dotfiles/.emacs --eval '(kill-emacs)'
diff --git a/emacs/.emacs-custom.el b/emacs/.emacs-custom.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b26b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emacs/.emacs-custom.el
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+(custom-set-variables
+ ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
+ ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
+ ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
+ ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
+ '(ansi-color-faces-vector
+   [default default default italic underline success warning error])
+ '(ansi-color-names-vector
+   ["black" "#d55e00" "#009e73" "#f8ec59" "#0072b2" "#cc79a7" "#56b4e9" "white"])
+ '(custom-enabled-themes '(wombat))
+ '(display-battery-mode t)
+ '(display-time-mode t)
+ '(enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
+ '(indent-tabs-mode nil)
+ '(ispell-dictionary nil)
+ '(magit-diff-refine-hunk 'all)
+ '(menu-bar-mode nil)
+ '(ns-command-modifier 'meta)
+ '(org-adapt-indentation nil)
+ '(org-agenda-span 'day)
+ '(org-archive-location ".archive.org::datetree/* From %s")
+ '(org-cycle-global-at-bob t)
+ '(org-drill-save-buffers-after-drill-sessions-p nil)
+ '(org-drill-scope '("~/Dropbox/org/drill.org"))
+ '(org-image-actual-width '(640))
+ '(org-refile-targets '((org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 2)))
+ '(org-stuck-projects
+   '("+project-someday/-DONE"
+     ("WAITING" "TODO" "NEXT" "DELEGATED" "CANCELLED")
+     ("ignore" "someday")
+     ""))
+ '(package-selected-packages
+   '(yaml projectilex org-roam dashboard vertico rcirc-styles rubocopfmt consult-spotify consult orderless rust-mode git-link yasnippet markdown-mode deft org-brain origami xterm-color graphql-mode org-drill web-mode nix-mode yaml-mode projectile magit use-package))
+ '(pcomplete-ignore-case t)
+ '(rcirc-server-alist
+   '(("irc.libera.chat" :nick "rcy" :port 6697 :user-name "rcy" :channels
+      ("#emb #rcirc #tasteslikeme #djfullmoon")
+      :encryption tls)))
+ '(scroll-bar-mode nil)
+ '(show-paren-mode t)
+ '(tool-bar-mode nil)
+ '(visible-bell t)
+ '(web-mode-code-indent-offset 2)
+ '(web-mode-enable-auto-quoting nil)
+ '(web-mode-enable-comment-interpolation t)
+ '(web-mode-enable-engine-detection t)
+ '(web-mode-markup-indent-offset 2)
+ '(webjump-sites
+   '((#("JIRA (Pn)" 0 9
+        (face nil))
+      .
+      [simple-query "https://precisionnutrition.atlassian.net/jira/your-work" "https://precisionnutrition.atlassian.net/browse/" ""])
+     ("DuckDuckGo" .
+      [simple-query "duckduckgo.com" "duckduckgo.com/?q=" ""])
+     ("Google" .
+      [simple-query "www.google.com" "www.google.com/search?q=" ""])
+     ("Wikipedia" .
+      [simple-query "wikipedia.org" "wikipedia.org/wiki/" ""])))
+ '(yas-global-mode t))
+(custom-set-faces
+ ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
+ ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
+ ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
+ ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
+ '(cursor ((t (:background "yellow"))))
+ '(highlight ((t (:background "dark green" :foreground "white" :underline nil))))
+ '(region ((t (:extend t :background "#000077" :foreground "white")))))