diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index e6e1f33..323a997 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,16 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+    - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_PAT }}
+
     - name: Run build
       run: |
-        make up push
+        make pull push
 
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 592979c..2b26543 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
 help:
 	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort -k 1,1 | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
+.PHONY: pull
+pull: ## pull cached container
+	@docker pull ghcr.io/adfinis/pyaptly/cache:latest
+
 .PHONY: up
-up: ## start and build container if needed
-	#@docker pull ghcr.io/adfinis/pyaptly/cache:latest
+up: pull ## start and build container if needed
 	@DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker compose up -d --build
 
 .PHONY: push