diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
similarity index 79%
rename from .github/workflows/tests.yml
rename to .github/workflows/checks.yml
index e05f50f..49459ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
-name: Python package
+name: Python tests
 
 on:
   pull_request:
 
-
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Unit tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:15
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+          -p 5432:5432
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up docker
-        uses: docker-practice/actions-setup-docker@master
-      - name: Run postgres
-        run: |
-          docker run -d -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust --name db-test postgres:15-alpine
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m ensurepip
@@ -29,8 +33,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           DB_DSN=postgresql://postgres@localhost:5432/postgres alembic upgrade head
       - name: Build coverage file
+        id: pytest
         run: |
           DB_DSN=postgresql://postgres@localhost:5432/postgres pytest --junitxml=pytest.xml --cov-report=term-missing:skip-covered --cov=userdata_api tests/ | tee pytest-coverage.txt
+          exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}
       - name: Print report
         if: always()
         run: |
@@ -50,6 +56,10 @@ jobs:
           unique-id-for-comment: python3.11
           junitxml-path: ./pytest.xml
           junitxml-title: Summary
+      - name: Fail on pytest errors
+        if: steps.pytest.outcome == 'failure'
+        run: exit 1
+
   linting:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -62,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           requirementsFiles: "requirements.txt requirements.dev.txt"
       - uses: psf/black@stable
       - name: Comment if linting failed
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        if: failure()
         uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v2
         with:
           message: |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c213a43..16652ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,18 +8,15 @@ venv:
 	python3.11 -m venv venv
 
 format:
-	autoflake -r --in-place --remove-all-unused-imports ./userdata_api
-	isort ./userdata_api
-	black ./userdata_api
-
-dev-format: format
-	autoflake -r --in-place --remove-all-unused-imports ./tests
-	isort ./tests
-	black ./tests
-	autoflake -r --in-place --remove-all-unused-imports ./migrations
-	isort ./migrations
-	black ./migrations
-
+	source ./venv/bin/activate && autoflake -r --in-place --remove-all-unused-imports ./userdata_api
+	source ./venv/bin/activate && isort ./userdata_api
+	source ./venv/bin/activate && black ./userdata_api
+	source ./venv/bin/activate && autoflake -r --in-place --remove-all-unused-imports ./tests
+	source ./venv/bin/activate && isort ./tests
+	source ./venv/bin/activate && black ./tests
+	source ./venv/bin/activate && autoflake -r --in-place --remove-all-unused-imports ./migrations
+	source ./venv/bin/activate && isort ./migrations
+	source ./venv/bin/activate && black ./migrations
 
 db:
 	docker run -d -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust --name db-userdata_api postgres:15