diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildTest.yml b/.github/workflows/buildTest.yml
index 2dc8728..341ca9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildTest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildTest.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,23 @@ jobs:
       TURBO_REMOTE_ONLY: true
 
     steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js environment
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Create env file
+        run: |
+          touch .env.local
+          echo TURSO_DB_URL="file:local.db" >> .env.local
+          cat .env.local
+
       - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           # See here for caching with `yarn` https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/examples.md#node---yarn or you can leverage caching with actions/setup-node https://github.com/actions/setup-node
@@ -32,17 +49,6 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-nextjs-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}-
 
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 2
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-          cache: 'npm'
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm install