diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 730d33584..a0f262771 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -76,3 +76,22 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: clippy
       run: cargo clippy --all
+
+  python_tests:
+    name: 3.7 python tests sample 
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+           profile: minimal
+           toolchain: nightly
+           override: true
+           components: rustfmt
+ 
+      - name: Setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.x
+          architecture: x64
+      - run: bash ci_scripts/run-python.sh 
diff --git a/ci_scripts/run-python.sh b/ci_scripts/run-python.sh
index d431507e0..7b295fe8f 100755
--- a/ci_scripts/run-python.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/run-python.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export TOXWORKDIR=.docker-tox
 
 export PATH=/root/.cargo/bin:$PATH
 cargo build --release -p deltachat_ffi
-# cargo test --all --all-features
 
 # Statically link against libdeltachat.a.
 export DCC_RS_DEV=$(pwd)
@@ -22,36 +21,27 @@ export DCC_RS_DEV=$(pwd)
 # needed by tox below.
 export PATH=$PATH:/opt/python/cp35-cp35m/bin
 export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
-pushd /bin
-ln -s /opt/python/cp27-cp27m/bin/python2.7
-ln -s /opt/python/cp36-cp36m/bin/python3.6
-ln -s /opt/python/cp37-cp37m/bin/python3.7
+
+pushd python
+# prepare a clean tox run
+rm -rf tests/__pycache__
+rm -rf src/deltachat/__pycache__
+export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+
+# run tox. The circle-ci project env-var-setting DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG 
+# allows running of "liveconfig" tests but for speed reasons
+# we run them only for the highest python version we support
+
+# we split out qr-tests run to minimize likelyness of flaky tests
+# (some qr tests are pretty heavy in terms of send/received
+# messages and rust's imap code likely has concurrency problems) 
+tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e py37 -- --reruns 3 -k "not qr"
+tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e py37 -- --reruns 3 -k "qr"
+unset DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG
+#tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -p4 -e lint,py35,py36,doc
+#tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e auditwheels
 popd
 
-if [ -n "$TESTS" ]; then
-
-    pushd python
-    # prepare a clean tox run
-    rm -rf tests/__pycache__
-    rm -rf src/deltachat/__pycache__
-    export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
-
-    # run tox. The circle-ci project env-var-setting DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG 
-    # allows running of "liveconfig" tests but for speed reasons
-    # we run them only for the highest python version we support
-    
-    # we split out qr-tests run to minimize likelyness of flaky tests
-    # (some qr tests are pretty heavy in terms of send/received
-    # messages and rust's imap code likely has concurrency problems) 
-    tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e py37 -- --reruns 3 -k "not qr"
-    tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e py37 -- --reruns 3 -k "qr"
-    unset DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG
-    tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -p4 -e lint,py35,py36,doc
-    tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e auditwheels
-    popd
-fi
-
-
 # if [ -n "$DOCS" ]; then
 #     echo -----------------------
 #     echo generating python docs