diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-framework.yml b/.github/workflows/test-framework.yml
index acb03c2217..ea5d830944 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-framework.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-framework.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ name: Test AMUSE framework
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-     - main
+      - issue-1144-new-continuous-integration
   pull_request:
     branches:
-     - main
+      - main
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
-          - macos-latest
+          # - macos-latest
 
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -41,15 +41,27 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         conda install c-compiler cxx-compiler fortran-compiler 'gfortran<14' python pkgconfig coreutils patch curl tar unzip gzip bzip2 xz perl bison make cmake openmpi gsl fftw gmp mpfr hdf5 netcdf4 libopenblas liblapack zlib pip wheel 'docutils>=0.6' 'mpi4py>=1.1.0' 'numpy>=1.2.2' 'h5py>=1.1.0' pytest
 
-      # - name: Configure OpenMPI
-      #      run: |
-      #        mkdir -p "$HOME/.openmpi"
-      #        echo "rmaps_base_oversubscribe = true" >>"$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
-      #        echo "mpi_yield_when_idle = true" >>"$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
-      #        echo "btl_tcp_if_include = lo,eth0" >>"$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
-      #        mkdir -p "$HOME/.prte"
-      #        echo "rmaps_default_mapping_policy = :oversubscribe" >>"$HOME/.prte/mca-params.conf"
-      #        echo "prte_if_include = lo,eth0" >>"$HOME/.prte/mca-params.conf"
+    - name: Configure OpenMPI
+      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p "$HOME/.openmpi"
+        # echo "rmaps_base_oversubscribe = true" >>"$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
+        echo "mpi_yield_when_idle = true" >>"$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
+        echo "mca_base_verbose = stdout,level:9" >> "$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
+        echo "mpi_comm_verbose = 100" >> "$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
+        echo "btl_base_verbose = 100" >> "$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
+        echo "hwloc_base_verbose = 100" >> "$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
+        echo "if_base_verbose = 100" >> "$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
+        echo "pmix_base_verbose = 100" >> "$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
+        # echo "btl_tcp_if_include = lo,eth0" >>"$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
+        mkdir -p "$HOME/.prte"
+        echo "rmaps_default_mapping_policy = :oversubscribe" >>"$HOME/.prte/mca-params.conf"
+        echo "prte_if_include = lo,eth0" >>"$HOME/.prte/mca-params.conf"
+
+    - name: Test OpenMPI
+      run: |
+        mpicc -o $HOME/amuse/mpi_test $HOME/amuse/mpi_test.c
+        mpirun -n 1 $HOME/amuse/mpi_test
 
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -75,10 +87,12 @@ jobs:
         ./setup test amuse-framework
 
     - name: Save build logs
+      if: always()
       run: |
         tar czf logs-${{ matrix.os }}.tar.gz support/logs
 
     - name: Archive build logs
+      if: always()
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: logs-${{ matrix.os }}.tar.gz
diff --git a/mpi_test.c b/mpi_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27275e7a97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mpi_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include <mpi.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    int rank, size;
+
+    MPI_Init(&argc, &argv);
+
+    MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size);
+    MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank);
+
+    printf("%d of %d\n", size, rank);
+
+    MPI_Finalize();
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/pyproject.toml b/src/pyproject.toml
index 01a36b4096..8a210356dc 100644
--- a/src/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,3 +55,5 @@ artifacts = ["amuse/_version.py"]
 pythonpath = ["tests/"]
 testpaths = ["tests/"]
 
+addopts = "-vv -s -x -k TestAsync"
+
diff --git a/src/tests/compile_tests/async_implementation/test_async.py b/src/tests/compile_tests/async_implementation/test_async.py
index 204d6ceda7..d9ff58ac66 100644
--- a/src/tests/compile_tests/async_implementation/test_async.py
+++ b/src/tests/compile_tests/async_implementation/test_async.py
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ def setup_class(cls):
         cls.exefile = str(Path(__file__).parent / 'async_worker')
 
     def test1(self):
-        instance = ForTestingInterface(self.exefile)
+        instance = ForTestingInterface(
+                self.exefile, redirection="file",
+                redirect_stdout_file="async.out", redirect_stderr_file="async.err")
         int_out, error = instance.echo_int(10)
         instance.stop()
         self.assertEqual(int_out, 10)
diff --git a/support/setup/testing.sh b/support/setup/testing.sh
index c948145ea7..8c4ddcb254 100644
--- a/support/setup/testing.sh
+++ b/support/setup/testing.sh
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ test_framework() {
         ${GMAKE} -C src/tests all
         # Tests for amuse.distributed won't be fixed as it is to be removed, disabled.
         if [ "x${CI}" = "x" ] ; then
-            cd src/tests && pytest --import-mode=append core_tests compile_tests --ignore compile_tests/java_implementation -k 'not TestCDistributedImplementationInterface and not TestAsyncDistributed' ${PYTEST_OPTS}
+            # cd src/tests && pytest --import-mode=append core_tests compile_tests --ignore compile_tests/java_implementation -k 'not TestCDistributedImplementationInterface and not TestAsyncDistributed' ${PYTEST_OPTS}
+            cd src/tests && pytest --import-mode=append core_tests compile_tests --ignore compile_tests/java_implementation -k 'TestAsync and test1' ${PYTEST_OPTS}
         else
-            cd src/tests && pytest --import-mode=append core_tests compile_tests --ignore compile_tests/java_implementation -k 'not TestCDistributedImplementationInterface and not TestAsyncDistributed and not noci' ${PYTEST_OPTS}
+            # cd src/tests && pytest --import-mode=append core_tests compile_tests --ignore compile_tests/java_implementation -k 'not TestCDistributedImplementationInterface and not TestAsyncDistributed and not noci' ${PYTEST_OPTS}
+            cd src/tests && pytest --import-mode=append core_tests compile_tests --ignore compile_tests/java_implementation -k 'TestAsync and test1 and not noci' ${PYTEST_OPTS}
 
         fi