diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-pipeline.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-pipeline.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44eece3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-pipeline.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: Django CI Pipeline
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: 
+      - main
+      - release
+      - testing-pipeline
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    env:
+      SECRET_KEY: "t3st-dummy-s3cr3t-k3y"
+      STATIC_ROOT: "tmp/static/"
+      MEDIA_ROOT: "tmp/media/"
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Install python3-venv
+      id: install
+      run: |
+        apt-get update
+        apt-get install python3 python3-venv python3-pip -y
+
+    - name: Check Python version
+      run: |
+        python3 --version
+        echo "Python version: $(python3 --version)"
+
+    - name: Create virtual environment
+      run: |
+        python3 -m venv venv
+        source venv/bin/activate
+        echo "Virtual environment created successfully"
+      # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#steps-context
+      if: steps.install.outcome == 'success'
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        source venv/bin/activate
+        pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: |
+        source venv/bin/activate
+        python manage.py test
+
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/demo.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/demo.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1029150..0000000
--- a/.gitea/workflows/demo.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-name: Gitea Actions Demo
-run-name: ${{ gitea.actor }} is testing out Gitea Actions 🚀
-on: [push]
-
-jobs:
-  Explore-Gitea-Actions:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - run: echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ gitea.event_name }} event."
-      - run: echo "🐧 This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by Gitea!"
-      - run: echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ gitea.ref }} and your repository is ${{ gitea.repository }}."
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - run: echo "💡 The ${{ gitea.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
-      - run: echo "🖥️ The workflow is now ready to test your code on the runner."
-      - name: List files in the repository
-        run: |
-          ls ${{ gitea.workspace }}
-      - run: echo "🍏 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
diff --git a/trustchain_idhub/settings.py b/trustchain_idhub/settings.py
index b9eecc5..15c1e82 100644
--- a/trustchain_idhub/settings.py
+++ b/trustchain_idhub/settings.py
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY')
 DEBUG = config('DEBUG', default=False, cast=bool)
 DEVELOPMENT = config('DEVELOPMENT', default=False, cast=bool)
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = config('ALLOWED_HOSTS', default=[], cast=Csv())
-CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = config('CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS', default=[], cast=Csv())
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = config('ALLOWED_HOSTS', default=[])
+CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = config('CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS', default=[])
 
 DOMAIN = config("DOMAIN", "http://localhost")