diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index adfe1b7..661cdc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
         options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
 
     steps:
+      - name: Create database schema
+        run: psql -h 127.0.0.1 -d testdb -U user -c '\connect testdb; CREATE SCHEMA shakespeare;'
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2