diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 2338d97..fcc62c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: cicd
+name: build-and-test-automation
 
 # only run this workflow when something is pushed to main
 on:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         # install prerequisite packages for testing
     - name: install
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install pytest
       # run tests using pytest
     - name: test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual_build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/manual_build_and_test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2537834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual_build_and_test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: build-and-test-automation
+
+# run this workflow manually on GitHub
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# define our jobs
+jobs:
+  build_and_test:
+    # define our OS
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # rely on predefined GitHub actions to setup our python environment
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      # setup python environment
+    - name: setup
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.9
+        # install prerequisite packages for testing
+    - name: install
+      run: |
+        python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install pytest
+      # run tests using pytest
+    - name: test
+      run: |
+        pytest tests/