diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 4cfff5b..f087ead 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
     tests_full:
+        name: functional tests on all supported distros
         strategy:
             matrix:
                 platform: [centos7, centos8, debian10, debian8, debian9, opensuse15, opensuse151, ubuntu1404, ubuntu1604, ubuntu1804, ubuntu2004]
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
             DOCKER_TTY: false
 
     tests_short:
+        name: functional tests on Debian 10
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'tests:short')
         steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_basic.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_basic.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7683033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_basic.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Basic tests
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+    test:
+        name: perlcritic, perltidy & shellcheck
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+        - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        - name: install prerequisites
+          run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y shellcheck libperl-critic-perl perltidy
+          env:
+            DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
+        - name: shellcheck
+          run: bin/dev/shell-check.sh
+        - name: perl critic
+          run: bin/dev/perl-critic.sh
+        - name: perl tidy
+          run: bin/dev/perl-tidy.sh
diff --git a/tests/functional/launch_tests_on_instance.sh b/tests/functional/launch_tests_on_instance.sh
index f0d3448..42db66e 100755
--- a/tests/functional/launch_tests_on_instance.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/launch_tests_on_instance.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034 # those vars are also used in all our modules
+# those vars are also used in all our modules
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 {
     account1="testu_Ser1-"
     account2="tesT-user2_"
@@ -386,7 +387,9 @@ runtests()
             continue
         fi
         echo "### RUNNING MODULE $module"
-        # shellcheck disable=SC1090 # as this is a loop, we do the check in a reversed way, see any included module
+
+        # as this is a loop, we do the check in a reversed way, see any included module for more info:
+        # shellcheck disable=SC1090
         source "$module" || true
     done