diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_build.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4708d167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+name: Wheel build
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build_nrtest_plugin:
+    name: Build nrtest-swmm plugin
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./nrtest-swmm
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+
+      - name: Build wheel
+        run: |
+            pip install wheel
+            python setup.py bdist_wheel
+      
+      - name: Upload wheel
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: nrtest-swmm-wheel
+          path: nrtest-swmm/dist/*.whl
+
+
+  build_swmm_lib:
+    name: Build swmm library
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: swmm-toolkit/swmm-solver/ci-tools/linux
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout swmm-python repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+
+    - name: Checkout ci-tools repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        repository: michaeltryby/ci-tools
+        ref: master
+        path: swmm-toolkit/swmm-solver/ci-tools
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: ./make.sh -g "Visual Studio 16 2019"
+
+    - name: Upload dependency
+      if: ${{ always() }}
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: swmm-lib
+        path: swmm-toolkit/swmm-solver/upload/*.*
+
+
+  build_swmm_wheel:
+    name: Build swmm-toolkit wheel
+    needs: [ build_swmm_lib ]
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ./swmm-toolkit
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout swmm-python repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        submodules: false
+
+    - name: Download dependency
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: swmm-lib
+        path: ./swmm-toolkit/extern
+
+    - name: Build wheel in virtual env
+      run: |
+        ls extern
diff --git a/nrtest-swmm/nrtest_swmm/__init__.py b/nrtest-swmm/nrtest_swmm/__init__.py
index 508300df..5c730333 100644
--- a/nrtest-swmm/nrtest_swmm/__init__.py
+++ b/nrtest-swmm/nrtest_swmm/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #  __init__.py - nrtest_swmm module
 #
 #  Author:     Michael E. Tryby
-#              US EPA - ORD/NRMRL
+#              US EPA - ORD/CESER
 #
 
 '''
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 __credits__ = "Colleen Barr, Maurizio Cingi, Mark Gray, David Hall, Bryant McDonnell"
 __license__ = "CC0 1.0 Universal"
 
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
-__date__ = "Jul 28, 2021"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__date__ = "Oct 17, 2023"
 
 __maintainer__ = "Michael E. Tryby"
 __email__ = "tryby.michael@epa.gov"
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ def swmm_report_compare(path_test, path_ref, rtol, atol):
     HEADER = 4
     FOOTER = 4
 
-    with open(path_test ,'r') as ftest, open(path_ref, 'r') as fref:
+    with open(path_test ,'r', encoding="ISO-8859-1") as ftest, \
+         open(path_ref, 'r', encoding="ISO-8859-1") as fref:
 
-        for (test_line, ref_line) in zip(hdf.parse(ftest, HEADER, FOOTER)[1],
+        for (test_line, ref_line) in zip(hdf.parse(ftest, HEADER, FOOTER)[1], \
                                          hdf.parse(fref, HEADER, FOOTER)[1]):
 
             if test_line != ref_line:
diff --git a/nrtest-swmm/setup.py b/nrtest-swmm/setup.py
index 8d0846ff..62d51ee0 100644
--- a/nrtest-swmm/setup.py
+++ b/nrtest-swmm/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #  Author:     Michael E. Tryby
 #              US EPA - ORD/NRMRL
 #
-#  Modified: Jul 28, 2021
+#  Modified: Oct 17, 2023
 #
 #  Usage:
 #    \>python setup.py bdist_wheel
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='nrtest-swmm',
-    version='0.7.0',
+    version='0.8.0',
     description="SWMM extension for nrtest",
 
     author="Michael E. Tryby",