diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_dev.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_dev.yml
index bf6998fc..f0254749 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_dev.yml
@@ -1,33 +1,56 @@
-# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub.
-# They are provided by a third-party and are governed by
-# separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
-# documentation.
-
-# GitHub recommends pinning actions to a commit SHA.
-# To get a newer version, you will need to update the SHA.
-# You can also reference a tag or branch, but the action may change without warning.
-
-name: UnitTest & Publish Image
-
+name: do-the-job
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - dev
-
 jobs:
-  push_to_registry:
-    name: Push Docker image to Docker Hub
-    runs-on: self-hosted
+  start-runner:
+    name: Start self-hosted EC2 runner
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      label: ${{ steps.start-ec2-runner.outputs.label }}
+      ec2-instance-id: ${{ steps.start-ec2-runner.outputs.ec2-instance-id }}
     steps:
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
+      - name: Start EC2 runner
+        id: start-ec2-runner
+        uses: machulav/ec2-github-runner@v2.3.7
+        with:
+          mode: start
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          ec2-image-id: ami-0a2d071e715c3a808
+          ec2-instance-type: c6a.4xlarge
+          subnet-id: subnet-9aa9c8e1
+          security-group-id: sg-0c35d2e12fe165fbb
+          aws-resource-tags: > # optional, requires additional permissions
+            [
+              {"Key": "Name", "Value": "ec2-github-runner"},
+              {"Key": "GitHubRepository", "Value": "${{ github.repository }}"}
+            ]
+  do-the-job:
+    name: UnitTest & Build & Publish Image
+    needs: start-runner # required to start the main job when the runner is ready
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.start-runner.outputs.label }} # run the job on the newly created runner
+    steps:
+      - name: Hello World1
+        run: |
+          echo 'Hello World!'
+          /root/.cargo/bin/cargo version
+
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      
-      - name: Log in to Docker Hub
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
         uses: docker/login-action@f054a8b539a109f9f41c372932f1ae047eff08c9
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      
+
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
         id: meta
         uses: docker/metadata-action@98669ae865ea3cffbcbaa878cf57c20bbf1c6c38
@@ -37,9 +60,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout submodules
         run: git submodule update --init --recursive
 
-      - name: Unit Test
-        run: sudo runuser -f ubuntu -c '/home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/cargo test test_dkg_secure_net -- --show-output'
-        
+      - name: Unit Testing
+        run: |
+          /root/.cargo/bin/cargo test test_dkg_secure_net -- --show-output
+
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@ad44023a93711e3deb337508980b4b5e9bcdc5dc
         with:
@@ -49,3 +73,29 @@ jobs:
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
           build-args: |
             CPU_NUM=16
+
+      - name: Bye
+        run: echo 'Congratulations!'
+        
+  stop-runner:
+    name: Stop self-hosted EC2 runner
+    needs:
+      - start-runner # required to get output from the start-runner job
+      - do-the-job # required to wait when the main job is done
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ always() }} # required to stop the runner even if the error happened in the previous jobs
+    steps:
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
+      - name: Stop EC2 runner
+        uses: machulav/ec2-github-runner@v2
+        with:
+          mode: stop
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          label: ${{ needs.start-runner.outputs.label }}
+          ec2-instance-id: ${{ needs.start-runner.outputs.ec2-instance-id }}
+