diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f680579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: Eagle e-commerce CI/CD
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - dev
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - dev
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Building code
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "20"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+
+      - name: Running test
+        env:
+          DB_CONNECTION: ${{ secrets.DB_CONNECTION }}
+        run: npm run test
+
+      - name: Build application
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4.0.1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          slug: soleil00/eagles-ec-be
+
+      - name: Trigger Render Deployment
+        env:
+          RENDER_DEPLOYMENT_HOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.RENDER_DEPLOYMENT_HOOK_URL }}
+        run: |
+          curl -X POST $RENDER_DEPLOYMENT_HOOK_URL
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 205a536..21b6478 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
 # eagles-ec-be
+
+<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;" align="center">
+    <img src="https://codecov.io/gh/soleil00/eagles-ec-be/branch/dev/graph/badge.svg?token=9c1e8e93-1062-4e49-a58d-b2777a75fb70" alt="Codecov" >
+     <img alt="GitHub Actions Workflow Status" src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/soleil00/eagles-ec-be/test.yml" >
+
+     <a href="https://codeclimate.com/github/atlp-rwanda/eagles-ec-be/maintainability"><img src="https://api.codeclimate.com/v1/badges/dfe8454356fb9da65407/maintainability" /></a>
+
+</div>
+
+### Technology used
+
+![Node.js](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Node.js-000000?style=flat&logo=node.js)
+[![Passport.js](https://img.shields.io/badge/auth%20library-Passport.js-green)](http://www.passportjs.org/)
+[![PostgreSQL](https://img.shields.io/badge/database-PostgreSQL-blue)](https://www.postgresql.org/)
+[![Sequelize](https://img.shields.io/badge/ORM-Sequelize-orange)](https://sequelize.org/)
+[![Jest](https://img.shields.io/badge/testing-Jest-red)](https://jestjs.io/)
+[![ESLint](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-ESLint-blueviolet)](https://eslint.org/)
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36e4760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/** @type {import('ts-jest/dist/types').InitialOptionsTsJest} */
+module.exports = {
+  preset: "ts-jest",
+  testEnvironment: "node",
+  testMatch: ["**/**/*.test.ts"],
+  verbose: true,
+  forceExit: true,
+  clearMocks: true,
+  resetMocks: true,
+  restoreMocks: true,
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b459380..f6b4824 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "seed": "npx sequelize-cli db:seed:all",
     "lint": "npx eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "npx eslint --fix .",
-    "test": " npm run lint && jest --detectOpenHandles --coverage"
+    "test": "jest --detectOpenHandles --coverage"
   },
   "author": "atlp",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/sequelize/config/config.js b/src/sequelize/config/config.js
index cb08438..bded937 100644
--- a/src/sequelize/config/config.js
+++ b/src/sequelize/config/config.js
@@ -5,13 +5,31 @@ module.exports = {
   development: {
     url: process.env.DB_CONNECTION,
     dialect: "postgres",
+    dialectOptions: {
+      ssl: {
+        require: true,
+        rejectUnauthorized: false,
+      },
+    },
   },
   test: {
     url: process.env.DB_CONNECTION,
     dialect: "postgres",
+    dialectOptions: {
+      ssl: {
+        require: true,
+        rejectUnauthorized: false,
+      },
+    },
   },
   production: {
     url: process.env.DB_CONNECTION,
     dialect: "postgres",
+    dialectOptions: {
+      ssl: {
+        require: true,
+        rejectUnauthorized: false,
+      },
+    },
   },
 };