diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 10c4ee70..999d3836 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -8,16 +8,9 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     - name: Set up Conda
       uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
@@ -26,20 +19,14 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         apt-get update
         apt-get install -y gcc g++ bowtie2 samtools libsys-hostname-long-perl
-        apt-get update
-        apt-get install -y ttf-mscorefonts-installer
-        apt-get clean
-        apt-get autoremove -y
     
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        conda install -c defaults -c conda-forge -c bioconda -y -n base --debug -c bioconda trimmomatic flash numpy cython jinja2 tbb=2020.2 pyparsing=2.3.1 scipy matplotlib pandas plotly
+        conda create -n test_env -c defaults -c conda-forge -c bioconda -y --debug -c bioconda pip trimmomatic flash numpy cython jinja2 tbb=2020.2 pyparsing=2.3.1 scipy matplotlib pandas plotly
     
     - name: Install Pytest And CRISPResso
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install pytest pytest-cov numpy
-        pip list | grep numpy
+        pip install pytest pytest-cov
 
     - name: Echo pypath
       run: |