diff --git a/server/.gitlab-ci.yml b/server/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..298ffcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+image: sseemayer/rust-musl-builder-mingw
+
+build-test:
+  stage: build
+  only:
+  - testing
+  script:
+  - cargo build --release
+
+curl:
+  - cargo run --release
+  - fc_id=$!
+  - bash ./tests/main.sh body
diff --git a/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh b/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh
index ed653ed..1eda5da 100644
--- a/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh
+++ b/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ delete_channel() {
 }
 
 send_message() {
+	# creating a bs channel, we don't care about this operation
+	# as long as the other test passes this should be fine
+	$crl $POST $url/channel/create -d '{"secret":"secret","name":"msgchannel"}'
+
 	kv='{"secret":"secret", "content":"message sample", "channel":123}'
 	result=$($crl $POST $url/message/send -d "$kv")
 	code=$(echo "$result" | grep HTTP\/1.1 | awk '{print $2}')