diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ca318e3..c24b0b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 name: test
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "main" ]
 
@@ -22,10 +20,14 @@ jobs:
           pkg-config \
           libcjson-dev \
           libncurses-dev \
-          git
-
+          git \
+          neovim
+    - name: Prepare environnement
+      run: mkdir -p ~/Documents/Notes
     - name: Build
       run: make
 
     - name: Run tests
-      run: make test
+      run: |
+        export TERM=xterm
+        make test
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 28c7316..0b82319 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -112,17 +112,25 @@ static void ensureDir(const char *path, const int shouldDebug) {
 }
 
 void initAppFilesAndDirs(const char *home, const int shouldDebug) {
+    // sometimes .cache and .config doesn't exist. Such as with github actions machines
     char config_dir[PATH_MAX];
     char cache_dir[PATH_MAX];
-
+    
     snprintf(config_dir, sizeof(config_dir),
-             "%s/.config/notewrapper", home);
+             "%s/.config/", home);
 
     snprintf(cache_dir, sizeof(cache_dir),
-             "%s/.cache/notewrapper", home);
+             "%s/.cache/", home);
+
+    ensureDir(config_dir, shouldDebug);
+    ensureDir(cache_dir, shouldDebug);
+    
+    strncat(config_dir, "notewrapper/", PATH_MAX);
+    strncat(cache_dir, "notewrapper/", PATH_MAX);
 
     ensureDir(config_dir, shouldDebug);
     ensureDir(cache_dir, shouldDebug);
+ 
 
     char config_file[PATH_MAX+12];
     snprintf(config_file, sizeof(config_file), "%s/config.json", config_dir);