diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 4f46c62..6ef0ee7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install flake8 pytest
-        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+        pip install -e .
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ jobs:
         flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
-        pytest
+        python examples/simple_poisson/simple_poisson.py 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 951f3f4..8edda9d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
 import setuptools
+import os
+import pathlib
+
+here = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
+long_description = (here / "README.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def load_requirements(path_dir=here, comment_char="#"):
+    with open(os.path.join(path_dir, "requirements.txt"), "r") as file:
+        lines = [line.strip() for line in file.readlines()]
+    requirements = []
+    for line in lines:
+        # filer all comments
+        if comment_char in line:
+            line = line[: line.index(comment_char)]
+        if line:  # if requirement is not empty
+            requirements.append(line)
+    return requirements
 
-with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
-    long_description = fh.read()
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="idrlnet",  # Replace with your own username
@@ -18,5 +34,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     ],
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
+    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    install_requires=load_requirements(),
 )