diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 7a6e54ba..8b733e01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install pytest coverage coveralls
+          git clone https://github.com/NESTCollaboration/nestpy.git
+          cd nestpy
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
+          pip install .
 
       - name: Install fuse
         run: |
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1231c996..d3b7d14f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-fuse/__pycache__/*
+__pycache__
 fuse.egg-info/*
 .eggs/*
 build/*
-.DS_Store
 .vscode/*
 docs/build/*
-tests/resource_cache/*
+resource_cache
 .coverage
 .hypothesis
+.DS_Store