diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yaml b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yaml
index e86921d..da36b08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yaml
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install mash ncbi-blast+ libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev mafft libssl-dev ca-certificates -y
-        sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-dev python3-pandas python3-requests python3-biopython -y
+        sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-dev python3-pandas python3-pycurl python3-biopython -y
         python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
-        pip3 install pytest fastcluster openpyxl pycurl
+        pip3 install pytest fastcluster openpyxl
         pip3 install -e .
+        sistr_init
     - name: Test  with pytest
       run: |
         pytest -o log_cli=true --basetemp=tmp-pytest