diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b69d702f4f9ce3deeddf173f25ae775b3f5450bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+before_script:
+  - module add  python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
+  - pip install --user pytest-pythonpath==0.7.1 pytest-cov==2.5.1
+  - module load singularity/3.0.2
+  - ln -sfn /project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/gudmap/cookies/deriva-cookies.txt ./test_data/
+  - ln -sfn /project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/gudmap/test_data/File_Q-Y53P.zip ./test_data/
+
+stages:
+  - unit
+
+unit:
+  stage: unit
+  script:
+  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/bdbag:1.0' bdbag --materialize ./test_data/File_Q-Y53P.zip
+  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/bdbag:1.0' bdbag --validate full ./test_data/File_Q-Y53P/
+  - if [[ $(md5sum test_data/File_Q-Y53P/data/assets/Study/Q-Y4H0/Experiment/Q-Y4BY/Replicate/Q-Y5F8/hMARIS_SIX2+_RiboDep#1.gene.rpkm.txt | awk '{ print $1 }') != $(cat test_data/File_Q-Y53P/data/File.csv | cut -d ',' -f10 | tail -1) ]]; then exit 21; fi;
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ff0911406a181f08e86e495c7530f87d6f43dae..2dec9e320556503056f41874817d032ad618f3af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 **User Facing**
 
 **Background**
+* Implementation of CI
 
 *Known Bugs*