diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..411cbdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: ci
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  regtest:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          git clone https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits-legend
+          cd lnbits-legend
+          docker build -t lnbits-legend .
+          cd ..
+          chmod +x ./tests
+          ./tests
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c542600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+data
+!data/boltz
+data/boltz/*
+!data/boltz/boltz.conf
+!data/electrs
+data/electrs/*
+!data/electrs/config.toml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5cd8bcb..1857ba4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,40 +1,51 @@
+![TESTS](https://github.com/lnbits/legend-regtest-enviroment/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)
+
 # requirements
 * docker compose v2: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/compose-plugin/
 * jq
+* curl
 
-# setup
-clone it into your lnbits-legend repository
+# testing
 ```console
-mkdir ~/repos/lnbits-legend/docker
-git clone git@github.com:lnbits/legend-regtest-enviroment.git ~/repos/lnbits-legend/docker
-
+  chmod +x ./tests
+  ./tests
+  # short answer :)
+  ./tests && echo "PASSED" || echo "FAILED" > /dev/null
 ```
+
+# developement
+uncomment following line in docker-compose.yaml, if you wanna use the source code of you current
+lnbits-legend repo inside the docker
+```yaml
+4     volumes:
+5       #- ../lnbits:/app/lnbits
+```
+
 # usage
+build the lnbits docker image
 ```console
-# build the lnbits docker image
+git clone git@github.com:lnbits/lnbits-legend.git ~/repos/lnbits-legend
 cd ~/repos/lnbits-legend
 docker build -t lnbits-legend .
+```
 
-# source the scripts
+get the regtest enviroment ready
+```console
+git clone git@github.com:lnbits/legend-regtest-enviroment.git ~/repos/lnbits-legend
+mkdir ~/repos/lnbits-legend/docker
 cd ~/repos/lnbits-legend/docker
 source docker-scripts.sh
-
+```
+start the regtest
+```console
 # start docker-compose with logs
 lnbits-regtest-start-log
 # start docker-compose in background
 lnbits-regtest-start
+```
 
-# errors on startup are normal! wait at least 60 seconds
-# for all services to come up before you start initializing
-sleep 60
-
-# initialize blockchain,
-# fund lightning wallets
-# connect peers
-# create channels
-# balance channels
-lnbits-regtest-init
-
+usage of the `bitcoin-cli-sim`, `lightning-cli-sim` and `lncli-sim` aliases
+```console
 # use bitcoin core, mine a block
 bitcoin-cli-sim -generate 1
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7311fdc..88d0832 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ version: "3.7"
 services:
   lnbits:
     hostname: lnbits
+    depends_on:
+      - boltz
+      - mempool-api
+      - lnd-2
     image: lnbits-legend
     restart: on-failure
     user: "0:0"
@@ -17,12 +21,14 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 5000:5000
     volumes:
-      - ../lnbits:/app/lnbits
+      #- ../lnbits:/app/lnbits
       - lnbits-data:/app/data
       - ./data/lnd-2:/app/lnd:uid=1000,gid=1000
 
   boltz:
     hostname: boltz
+    depends_on:
+      - lnd-1
     image: boltz/backend
     entrypoint: "sh -c 'sleep 40; /boltz-backend/bin/boltzd'"
     ports:
@@ -44,6 +50,8 @@ services:
 
   clightning-1:
     hostname: clightning-1
+    depends_on:
+      - bitcoind
     image: michael1011/cln:latest
     entrypoint: "sh -c 'sleep 15 && lightningd --network regtest --bind-addr=0.0.0.0:9735 --bitcoin-rpcconnect=bitcoind --bitcoin-rpcport=18443 --bitcoin-rpcuser=lnbits --bitcoin-rpcpassword=lnbits'"
     expose:
@@ -53,6 +61,8 @@ services:
 
   clightning-2:
     hostname: clightning-2
+    depends_on:
+      - bitcoind
     image: michael1011/cln:latest
     entrypoint: "sh -c 'sleep 15 && lightningd --network regtest --bind-addr=0.0.0.0:9735 --bitcoin-rpcconnect=bitcoind --bitcoin-rpcport=18443 --bitcoin-rpcuser=lnbits --bitcoin-rpcpassword=lnbits'"
     expose:
@@ -60,15 +70,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./data/clightning-2:/root/.lightning/
 
-  clightning-3:
-    hostname: clightning-3
-    image: michael1011/cln:latest
-    entrypoint: "sh -c 'sleep 15 && lightningd --network regtest --bind-addr=0.0.0.0:9735 --bitcoin-rpcconnect=bitcoind --bitcoin-rpcport=18443 --bitcoin-rpcuser=lnbits --bitcoin-rpcpassword=lnbits'"
-    expose:
-      - 9735
-    volumes:
-      - ./data/clightning-3:/root/.lightnind/
-
   lnd-1:
     hostname: lnd-1
     depends_on:
@@ -117,6 +118,8 @@ services:
 
   mempool-web:
     restart: on-failure
+    depends_on:
+      - mempool-api
     environment:
       FRONTEND_HTTP_PORT: "8080"
       BACKEND_MAINNET_HTTP_HOST: "mempool-api"
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ services:
   mempool-api:
     depends_on:
       - electrs
+      - mempool-db
     environment:
       MEMPOOL_BACKEND: "electrum"
       ELECTRUM_HOST: electrs
diff --git a/docker-scripts.sh b/docker-scripts.sh
index a9329a4..d72fd37 100644
--- a/docker-scripts.sh
+++ b/docker-scripts.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 export COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=lnbits-legend
 
-bitcoin-cli-sim(){
+bitcoin-cli-sim() {
   docker exec lnbits-legend-bitcoind-1 bitcoin-cli -rpcuser=lnbits -rpcpassword=lnbits -regtest $@
 }
 
@@ -36,25 +36,27 @@ fund_lnd_node() {
 # args(i, j)
 connect_clightning_node() {
   pubkey=$(lightning-cli-sim $2 getinfo | jq -r '.id')
-  lightning-cli-sim $1 connect $pubkey@lnbits-legend-clightning-$2-1
+  lightning-cli-sim $1 connect $pubkey@lnbits-legend-clightning-$2-1 | jq -r '.id'
 }
 
 lnbits-regtest-start(){
   lnbits-regtest-stop
   docker compose up -d --remove-orphans
+  lnbits-regtest-init
 }
 
 lnbits-regtest-start-log(){
   lnbits-regtest-stop
   docker compose up --remove-orphans
+  lnbits-regtest-init
 }
 
 lnbits-regtest-stop(){
   docker compose down --volumes
   # clean up lightning node data
-  sudo rm -rf ./data/clightning-1 ./data/clightning-2 ./data/clightning-3 ./data/lnd-1 ./data/lnd-2 ./data/boltz/boltz.db
+  sudo rm -rf ./data/clightning-1 ./data/clightning-2 ./data/lnd-1 ./data/lnd-2 ./data/boltz/boltz.db
   # recreate lightning node data folders preventing permission errors
-  mkdir ./data/clightning-1 ./data/clightning-2 ./data/clightning-3 ./data/lnd-1 ./data/lnd-2
+  mkdir ./data/clightning-1 ./data/clightning-2 ./data/lnd-1 ./data/lnd-2
 }
 
 lnbits-regtest-restart(){
@@ -62,69 +64,101 @@ lnbits-regtest-restart(){
   lnbits-regtest-start
 }
 
-lnbits-regtest-init(){
+lnbits-bitcoin-init(){
   echo "init_bitcoin_wallet..."
-  bitcoin-cli-sim createwallet lnbits || bitcoin-cli-sim loadwallet lnbits echo "mining 150 blocks..."
+  bitcoin-cli-sim createwallet lnbits || bitcoin-cli-sim loadwallet lnbits
+  echo "mining 150 blocks..."
   bitcoin-cli-sim -generate 150 > /dev/null
+}
+
+lnbits-regtest-init(){
+  lnbits-bitcoin-init
+  lnbits-lightning-sync
+  lnbits-lightning-init
+  wait-for-lnbits
+}
+
+lnbits-lightning-sync(){
+  wait-for-clightning-sync 1
+  wait-for-clightning-sync 2
+  wait-for-lnd-sync 1
+  wait-for-lnd-sync 2
+}
+
+lnbits-lightning-init(){
 
   # create 10 UTXOs for each node
-  for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do
+  for i in 0 1 2 3 4; do
     fund_clightning_node 1
     fund_clightning_node 2
-    fund_clightning_node 3
     fund_lnd_node 1
     fund_lnd_node 2
   done
 
-  echo "mining 5 blocks... and waiting for the nodes to catch up"
-  bitcoin-cli-sim -generate 5 > /dev/null
-  wait-for-lnd-sync 1
-  wait-for-lnd-sync 2
+  echo "mining 10 blocks..."
+  bitcoin-cli-sim -generate 10 > /dev/null
+
+  echo "wait for 15s..."
+  sleep 15 # else blockheight tests fail for cln
+
+  lnbits-lightning-sync
 
   channel_size=16000000 # 0.016 btc
-  balance_size_msat=7000000000 # 0.07 btc
+  balance_size=8000000 # 0.08 btc
+  balance_size_msat=8000000000 # 0.08 btc
 
-  # open channels 1 -> 2, 2 -> 3, 3 -> 1
-  # TODO: quickfix, https://github.com/lnbits/legend-regtest-enviroment/issues/2
-  # connect_clightning_node 1 3
-  # lightning-cli-sim 1 fundchannel -k id=$(connect_clightning_node 1 2 | jq -r '.id') amount=$channel_size push_msat=$balance_size_msat
-  # connect_clightning_node 2 1
-  # lightning-cli-sim 2 fundchannel -k id=$(connect_clightning_node 2 3 | jq -r '.id') amount=$channel_size push_msat=$balance_size_msat
-  # connect_clightning_node 3 2
-  # lightning-cli-sim 3 fundchannel -k id=$(connect_clightning_node 3 1 | jq -r '.id') amount=$channel_size push_msat=$balance_size_msat
 
-  # lnd node for boltz
-  lncli-sim 1 connect $(lightning-cli-sim 1 getinfo | jq -r '.id')@lnbits-legend-clightning-1-1
-  lncli-sim 1 openchannel $(lncli-sim 1 listpeers | jq -r '.peers[0].pub_key') $channel_size 8000000
-
-  # lnd doesnt like more than 1 pending channel?
+  # lnd-1 -> lnd-2
+  lncli-sim 1 connect $(lncli-sim 2 getinfo | jq -r '.identity_pubkey')@lnbits-legend-lnd-2-1 > /dev/null
+  echo "open channel from lnd-1 to lnd-2"
+  lncli-sim 1 openchannel $(lncli-sim 2 getinfo | jq -r '.identity_pubkey') $channel_size $balance_size > /dev/null
   bitcoin-cli-sim -generate 10 > /dev/null
-  echo "waiting for lnd to catch up..."
   wait-for-lnd-channel 1
 
-  # fund lnbits lnd channel
-  lncli-sim 1 connect $(lncli-sim 2 getinfo | jq -r '.identity_pubkey')@lnbits-legend-lnd-2-1
-  lncli-sim 1 openchannel $(lncli-sim 1 listpeers | jq -r '.peers[1].pub_key') $channel_size 8000000
-
+  # lnd-1 -> cln-1
+  lncli-sim 1 connect $(lightning-cli-sim 1 getinfo | jq -r '.id')@lnbits-legend-clightning-1-1 > /dev/null
+  echo "open channel from lnd-1 to cln-1"
+  lncli-sim 1 openchannel $(lightning-cli-sim 1 getinfo | jq -r '.id') $channel_size $balance_size > /dev/null
   bitcoin-cli-sim -generate 10 > /dev/null
-  echo "waiting for lnd to catch up..."
   wait-for-lnd-channel 1
 
-
-  # lnd node for lnbits
-  lncli-sim 2 connect $(lightning-cli-sim 1 getinfo | jq -r '.id')@lnbits-legend-clightning-1-1
-  lncli-sim 2 openchannel $(lncli-sim 2 listpeers | jq -r '.peers[0].pub_key') $channel_size 8000000
-
-  echo "waiting for lnd to catch up..."
+  # lnd-2 -> cln-2
+  lncli-sim 2 connect $(lightning-cli-sim 2 getinfo | jq -r '.id')@lnbits-legend-clightning-2-1 > /dev/null
+  echo "open channel from lnd-2 to cln-2"
+  lncli-sim 2 openchannel $(lightning-cli-sim 2 getinfo | jq -r '.id') $channel_size $balance_size > /dev/null
   bitcoin-cli-sim -generate 10 > /dev/null
   wait-for-lnd-channel 2
 
-  # TODO: eclair nodes?
+  # cln-1 -> cln-2
+  peerid=$(connect_clightning_node 1 2)
+  echo "open channel from cln-1 to cln-2"
+  lightning-cli-sim 1 fundchannel -k id=$peerid amount=$channel_size push_msat=$balance_size_msat > /dev/null
+
+  bitcoin-cli-sim -generate 10 > /dev/null
+
+  wait-for-clightning-channel 1
+  wait-for-clightning-channel 2
+
+  lnbits-lightning-sync
+
+}
+
+wait-for-lnbits(){
+  while true; do
+    statuscode=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "http://localhost:5000")
+    if [[ "$statuscode" == "200" ]]; then
+      break
+      echo "lnbits is online!"
+    fi
+    echo "waiting for lnbits to come online..."
+    sleep 1
+  done
 }
 
 wait-for-lnd-channel(){
   while true; do
     pending=$(lncli-sim $1 pendingchannels | jq -r '.pending_open_channels | length')
+    echo "lnd-$1 pendingchannels: $pending"
     if [[ "$pending" == "0" ]]; then
       break
     fi
@@ -134,10 +168,41 @@ wait-for-lnd-channel(){
 
 wait-for-lnd-sync(){
   while true; do
-    if [[ "$(lncli-sim $1 getinfo 2>&1 | jq -r '.synced_to_chain')" == "true" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$(lncli-sim $1 getinfo 2>&1 | jq -r '.synced_to_chain' 2> /dev/null)" == "true" ]]; then
+      echo "lnd-$1 is synced!"
       break
     fi
+    echo "waiting for lnd-$1 to sync..."
+    sleep 1
+  done
+}
+
+wait-for-clightning-channel(){
+  while true; do
+    pending=$(lightning-cli-sim $1 getinfo | jq -r '.num_pending_channels | length')
+    echo "cln-$1 pendingchannels: $pending"
+    if [[ "$pending" == "0" ]]; then
+      if [[ "$(lightning-cli-sim $1 getinfo 2>&1 | jq -r '.warning_bitcoind_sync' 2> /dev/null)" == "null" ]]; then
+        if [[ "$(lightning-cli-sim $1 getinfo 2>&1 | jq -r '.warning_lightningd_sync' 2> /dev/null)" == "null" ]]; then
+          break
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+    sleep 1
+  done
+}
+
+wait-for-clightning-sync(){
+  while true; do
+    if [[ ! "$(lightning-cli-sim $1 getinfo 2>&1 | jq -r '.id' 2> /dev/null)" == "null" ]]; then
+      if [[ "$(lightning-cli-sim $1 getinfo 2>&1 | jq -r '.warning_bitcoind_sync' 2> /dev/null)" == "null" ]]; then
+        if [[ "$(lightning-cli-sim $1 getinfo 2>&1 | jq -r '.warning_lightningd_sync' 2> /dev/null)" == "null" ]]; then
+          echo "cln-$1 is synced!"
+          break
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+    echo "waiting for cln-$1 to sync..."
     sleep 1
   done
-  sleep 5
 }
diff --git a/tests b/tests
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..38cb4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+print_success() {
+  printf "\033[;1;32mPASSED\033[;0m $1\n"
+}
+
+print_error() {
+  printf "\033[;1;31mFAILED\033[;0m $1\n"
+}
+
+run(){
+  label=$1
+  value=$2
+  cmd=$3
+  if [[ "$cmd" == "$value" ]]; then
+    print_success "$label is $cmd"
+  else
+    print_error "$label is $cmd, should be $value"
+    failed="true"
+  fi
+}
+
+failed="false"
+blockheight=200
+utxos=5
+channel_size=16000000 # 0.016 btc
+balance_size=8000000 # 0.08 btc
+
+source $(pwd)/docker-scripts.sh
+lnbits-regtest-start
+echo "=================================="
+printf "\033[;1;36mregtest started! starting tests...\033[;0m\n"
+echo "=================================="
+echo ""
+
+run "boltz service status" "200" $(curl -s -o /dev/null --head -w "%{http_code}" "http://localhost:9001/version")
+run "mempool service status" "200" $(curl -s -o /dev/null --head -w "%{http_code}" "http://localhost:8080/")
+run "lnbits service status" "200" $(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "http://localhost:5000")
+for i in 1 2; do
+  run "lnd-$i .synced_to_chain" "true" $(lncli-sim $i getinfo | jq -r ".synced_to_chain")
+  run "lnd-$i utxo count" $utxos $(lncli-sim $i listunspent | jq -r ".utxos | length")
+  run "lnd-$i .block_height" $blockheight $(lncli-sim $i getinfo | jq -r ".block_height")
+  run "lnd-$i openchannels" 2 $(lncli-sim $i listchannels | jq -r ".channels | length")
+  run "lnd-$i .channels[0].active_channel" true $(lncli-sim $i listchannels | jq -r ".channels[0].active")
+  run "lnd-$i .channels[0].capacity" $channel_size $(lncli-sim $i listchannels | jq -r ".channels[0].capacity")
+  run "lnd-$i .channels[0].push_amount_sat" $balance_size $(lncli-sim $i listchannels | jq -r ".channels[0].push_amount_sat")
+done
+for i in 1 2; do
+  run "cln-$i blockheight" $blockheight $(lightning-cli-sim $i getinfo | jq -r ".blockheight")
+  run "cln-$i utxo count" $utxos $(lightning-cli-sim $i listfunds | jq -r ".outputs | length")
+  run "cln-$i openchannels" 2 $(lightning-cli-sim $i getinfo | jq -r ".num_active_channels")
+  run "cln-$i channel[0].state" "CHANNELD_NORMAL" $(lightning-cli-sim $i listfunds | jq -r ".channels[0].state")
+  run "cln-$i channel[0].channel_total_sat" $channel_size $(lightning-cli-sim $i listfunds | jq -r ".channels[0].channel_total_sat")
+  run "cln-$i channel[0].channel_sat" $balance_size $(lightning-cli-sim $i listfunds | jq -r ".channels[0].channel_sat")
+done
+
+# return non-zero exit code if a test fails
+if [[ "$failed" == "true" ]]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "=================================="
+  print_error "one more more tests failed"
+  echo "=================================="
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo ""
+  echo "=================================="
+  print_success "all tests passed! yay!"
+  echo "=================================="
+fi