diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 11cc1ff..7a17aaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install flake8 pytest
         pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install .
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d596b70..506d077 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ dill
 h5py
 matplotlib
 numpy
-scipy
\ No newline at end of file
+scipy
+.
\ No newline at end of file