diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual_npm_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/manual_npm_publish.yml
index 6f90f02..15dca63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual_npm_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual_npm_publish.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Authenticate to git.vdb.to registry
         run: |
           npm config set -- '//git.vdb.to/api/packages/cerc-io/npm/:_authToken' "${{ secrets.GITEA_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}"
-      - name: lerna publish
-        run: |
-          lerna publish from-package --no-git-tag-version --yes
+      - name: npm publish
+        run: npm publish
+    
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e238e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Tests
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release/**
+
+jobs:
+  sdk_tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Checkout laconicd
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: "./laconicd/"
+          repository: cerc-io/laconicd
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: main
+      - name: Environment
+        run: ls -tlh && env
+      - name: build registry-cli container
+        run: docker build -t cerc/laconic-registry-cli:local-test --build-arg CERC_NPM_URL=https://git.vdb.to/api/packages/cerc-io/npm/ --build-arg CERC_NPM_AUTH_TOKEN="${{ secrets.GITEA_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}" .
+      - name: build containers scripts
+        working-directory: laconicd/tests/sdk_tests
+        run: ./build-laconicd-container.sh
+      - name: start laconicd container
+        working-directory: laconicd/tests/sdk_tests
+        run: docker compose up laconicd -d
+
+      - name: Run registry-cli demo commands in registry-cli container
+        run : ls -tla
+      - name: stop containers
+        working-directory: laconicd/tests/sdk_tests
+        run: docker compose down
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b1f433..c36d7c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ dist/*
 out
 
 config.yml
+*~
+
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a8ee88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Originally from: https://github.com/devcontainers/images/blob/main/src/javascript-node/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+# [Choice] Node.js version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 18, 16, 14, 18-bullseye, 16-bullseye, 14-bullseye, 18-buster, 16-buster, 14-buster
+ARG VARIANT=16-bullseye
+FROM node:${VARIANT}
+
+ARG USERNAME=node
+ARG NPM_GLOBAL=/usr/local/share/npm-global
+
+# This container pulls npm packages from a local registry configured via these env vars
+ARG CERC_NPM_URL
+ARG CERC_NPM_AUTH_TOKEN
+
+# Add NPM global to PATH.
+ENV PATH=${NPM_GLOBAL}/bin:${PATH}
+
+RUN \
+    # Configure global npm install location, use group to adapt to UID/GID changes
+    if ! cat /etc/group | grep -e "^npm:" > /dev/null 2>&1; then groupadd -r npm; fi \
+    && usermod -a -G npm ${USERNAME} \
+    && umask 0002 \
+    && mkdir -p ${NPM_GLOBAL} \
+    && touch /usr/local/etc/npmrc \
+    && chown ${USERNAME}:npm ${NPM_GLOBAL} /usr/local/etc/npmrc \
+    && chmod g+s ${NPM_GLOBAL} \
+    && npm config -g set prefix ${NPM_GLOBAL} \
+    && su ${USERNAME} -c "npm config -g set prefix ${NPM_GLOBAL}" \
+    # Install eslint
+    && su ${USERNAME} -c "umask 0002 && npm install -g eslint" \
+    && npm cache clean --force > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
+RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends jq
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment if you want to install an additional version of node using nvm
+# ARG EXTRA_NODE_VERSION=10
+# RUN su node -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install ${EXTRA_NODE_VERSION}"
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment if you want to install more global node modules
+# RUN su node -c "npm install -g <your-package-list-here>"
+
+# Configure the local npm registry
+RUN npm config set @lirewine:registry ${CERC_NPM_URL} \
+    && npm config set @cerc-io:registry ${CERC_NPM_URL} \
+    && npm config set -- ${CERC_NPM_URL}:_authToken ${CERC_NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}
+
+# TODO: the image at this point could be made a base image for several different CLI images
+# that install different Node-based CLI commands
+
+# DEBUG, remove
+RUN yarn info @cerc-io/laconic-registry-cli
+
+# Globally install the cli package
+RUN yarn global add @cerc-io/laconic-registry-cli
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["laconic"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7469649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+services:
+  laconicd:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    image: cerc-io/laconicd:local-test
+    command: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh"]
+    volumes:
+      - laconicd/init.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-v", "http://127.0.0.1:6060"]
+      interval: 1s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 30
+    ports:
+      - "6060"
+      - "26657"
+      - "26656"
+      - "9473"
+      - "8545"
+      - "8546"
+      - "9090"
+      - "9091"
+      - "1317"
+
+  cli-test-runner:
+    image: cerc/laconic-registry-cli:local-test
+    depends_on:
+      laconicd:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    command: tail -F /dev/null
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cbb426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "version": "2.9.0",
+  "useWorkspaces": true,
+  "npmClient": "yarn"
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5066ad9..1098c7b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # yarn lockfile v1
 
 
-"@cerc-io/laconic-sdk@0.1.4":
-  version "0.1.4"
-  resolved "https://git.vdb.to/api/packages/cerc-io/npm/%40cerc-io%2Flaconic-sdk/-/0.1.4/laconic-sdk-0.1.4.tgz#06159cb3c9c48325b53eba9bd642cf63420351d9"
-  integrity sha512-IsXUnz5S14zF+VPWydKy52PkCdyFqRJiMs9FCv8YEJVtUasXkU9xJLBmGaz7Nuo2MyNyKy2NHM7LoB1A75ZHAQ==
+"@cerc-io/laconic-sdk@0.1.6":
+  version "0.1.6"
+  resolved "https://git.vdb.to/api/packages/cerc-io/npm/%40cerc-io%2Flaconic-sdk/-/0.1.6/laconic-sdk-0.1.6.tgz#2c4e678800467e7c92c3198fe332401d2ab395ce"
+  integrity sha512-o7G/QpfmNTFkmKQEuCf8mdZc8AePRMQ9T5kLqW30aHi9vzwA5rI7I6dXmPLzGYwdMWUdeeQcePOQhwD2qccryw==
   dependencies:
     "@cosmjs/amino" "^0.28.1"
     "@cosmjs/crypto" "^0.28.1"
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     ethers "^5.6.2"
     evmosjs "^0.2.5"
     graphql.js "^0.6.8"
-    is-url "^1.2.4"
     js-sha256 "^0.9.0"
     js-yaml "^3.14.1"
     jsonschema "^1.4.0"
@@ -1131,11 +1130,6 @@ is-hex-prefixed@1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-hex-prefixed/-/is-hex-prefixed-1.0.0.tgz#7d8d37e6ad77e5d127148913c573e082d777f554"
   integrity sha1-fY035q135dEnFIkTxXPggtd39VQ=
 
-is-url@^1.2.4:
-  version "1.2.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-url/-/is-url-1.2.4.tgz#04a4df46d28c4cff3d73d01ff06abeb318a1aa52"
-  integrity sha512-ITvGim8FhRiYe4IQ5uHSkj7pVaPDrCTkNd3yq3cV7iZAcJdHTUMPMEHcqSOy9xZ9qFenQCvi+2wjH9a1nXqHww==
-
 js-sha256@^0.9.0:
   version "0.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-sha256/-/js-sha256-0.9.0.tgz#0b89ac166583e91ef9123644bd3c5334ce9d0966"