diff --git a/.github/workflows/loristest.yml b/.github/workflows/loristest.yml
index 1937f107b..95a07a38c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/loristest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/loristest.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: LORIS Test Suite
+name: LORIS-MRI Test Suite
 
 on:
   - push
@@ -26,17 +26,24 @@ jobs:
         php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
         extensions: zip, php-ast
 
-
     - name: Clone Loris repo
       run: git clone https://github.com/aces/Loris.git
 
     - name: Override Test Files
       run: |
         cp test/Dockerfile.test.php8 Loris/
+        cp test/Dockerfile.test.py Loris/
         cp test/docker-compose.yml Loris/
         cp test/phpunit.xml Loris/test/
         cp test/RB_SQL/* Loris/raisinbread/RB_files/
 
+    - name: List directory contents
+      run: ls -la
+
+    - name: Build LORIS-MRI-PYTEST
+      run: |
+        docker compose -f test/docker-compose.yml up --build --exit-code-from pytest
+
     - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock
       run: |
         cd Loris
@@ -78,15 +85,3 @@ jobs:
         cd Loris
         make dev
 
-    - name: Run Test Suite
-      run: |
-          # set sandbox to 1 before running the tests
-          # since some tests only run in sandbox environments
-          sed -i 's/<sandbox>0<\/sandbox>/<sandbox>1<\/sandbox>/g' Loris/test/config.xml
-          cd Loris
-          npm run tests:${{ matrix.testsuite }}
-      env:
-          # Specifies how many jobs you would like to run in parallel,
-          CI_NODE_TOTAL: ${{ matrix.ci_node_total }}
-          # Use the index from matrix as an environment variable
-          CI_NODE_INDEX: ${{ matrix.ci_node_index }}
diff --git a/test/Dockerfile.test.py b/test/Dockerfile.test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d5e686a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Dockerfile.test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Dockerfile
+FROM python:3.11.3-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY test/hello-world-pytest /app/test/hello-world-pytest
+
+RUN pip install pytest
+
+CMD ["pytest","/app/test/hello-world-pytest"]
diff --git a/test/docker-compose.yml b/test/docker-compose.yml
index 55794465d..2cf5f0e9b 100644
--- a/test/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/test/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-version: '2'
+version: '3'
 services:
+  pytest:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.test.py
+    command: pytest /app/test/hello-world-pytest
+
   db:
     build:
       context: .
diff --git a/test/hello-world-pytest/hello.py b/test/hello-world-pytest/hello.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f11d4218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hello-world-pytest/hello.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# hello.py
+def say_hello():
+    return "Hello, World!"
diff --git a/test/hello-world-pytest/test_hello.py b/test/hello-world-pytest/test_hello.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb01ab738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hello-world-pytest/test_hello.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# test_hello.py
+from hello import say_hello
+
+def test_say_hello():
+    assert say_hello() == "Hello, World!"