diff --git a/.github/workflows/data/initial_dataset.json b/.github/workflows/data/initial_dataset.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6033b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/data/initial_dataset.json
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{
+    "datasetVersion": {
+      "license": {
+        "name": "CC0 1.0",
+        "uri": "http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0"
+      },
+      "metadataBlocks": {
+        "citation": {
+          "fields": [
+            {
+              "value": "Darwin's Finches",
+              "typeClass": "primitive",
+              "multiple": false,
+              "typeName": "title"
+            },
+            {
+              "value": [
+                {
+                  "authorName": {
+                    "value": "Finch, Fiona",
+                    "typeClass": "primitive",
+                    "multiple": false,
+                    "typeName": "authorName"
+                  },
+                  "authorAffiliation": {
+                    "value": "Birds Inc.",
+                    "typeClass": "primitive",
+                    "multiple": false,
+                    "typeName": "authorAffiliation"
+                  }
+                }
+              ],
+              "typeClass": "compound",
+              "multiple": true,
+              "typeName": "author"
+            },
+            {
+              "value": [ 
+                  { "datasetContactEmail" : {
+                      "typeClass": "primitive",
+                      "multiple": false,
+                      "typeName": "datasetContactEmail",
+                      "value" : "finch@mailinator.com"
+                  },
+                  "datasetContactName" : {
+                      "typeClass": "primitive",
+                      "multiple": false,
+                      "typeName": "datasetContactName",
+                      "value": "Finch, Fiona"
+                  }
+              }],
+              "typeClass": "compound",
+              "multiple": true,
+              "typeName": "datasetContact"
+            },
+            {
+              "value": [ {
+                 "dsDescriptionValue":{
+                  "value":   "Darwin's finches (also known as the Galápagos finches) are a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds.",
+                  "multiple":false,
+                 "typeClass": "primitive",
+                 "typeName": "dsDescriptionValue"
+              }}],
+              "typeClass": "compound",
+              "multiple": true,
+              "typeName": "dsDescription"
+            },
+            {
+              "value": [
+                "Medicine, Health and Life Sciences"
+              ],
+              "typeClass": "controlledVocabulary",
+              "multiple": true,
+              "typeName": "subject"
+            }
+          ],
+          "displayName": "Citation Metadata"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/check_content.py b/.github/workflows/scripts/check_content.py
index b84bd9c..70ae684 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/check_content.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/check_content.py
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
         if path.is_file() and not str(path).startswith(".")
     }
 
-    assert len(ds_files) == len(
-        repo_files
-    ), f"Length mismatch: {len(ds_files)} != {len(repo_files)}"
+    assert len(ds_files) == len(repo_files), (
+        f"Length mismatch: {len(ds_files)} != {len(repo_files)}"
+    )
 
     for ds_name, ds_hash in ds_files:
         assert ds_name in repo_files, f"File not found: {ds_name}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e885493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# doi:10.18419/darus-3801
+
+name: Test action
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+
+jobs:
+  dv-sync:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@v4'
+
+      - name: Run Dataverse Action
+        id: dataverse
+        uses: gdcc/dataverse-action@main
+
+      - name: 'Install Python'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-python@v2'
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: 'Install requests'
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install requests
+
+      - name: 'Create Dataset'
+        run: |
+          export API_TOKEN=${{ steps.dataverse.outputs.api_token }}
+          export PARENT=root
+          export SERVER_URL=${{ steps.dataverse.outputs.base_url }}
+
+          # Remove the trailing slash from the server URL
+          SERVER_URL=${SERVER_URL%/}
+
+          DATASET_RESPONSE=$(curl -s -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" -X POST "$SERVER_URL/api/dataverses/$PARENT/datasets" --upload-file .github/workflows/data/initial_dataset.json -H 'Content-type:application/json')
+
+          # Print the response
+          echo $DATASET_RESPONSE
+
+          echo "DATASET_PID=$(echo $DATASET_RESPONSE | jq -r '.data.persistentId')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Synchronize to DV
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          dataverse_url: ${{ steps.dataverse.outputs.base_url }}
+          api_token: ${{ steps.dataverse.outputs.api_token }}
+          persistent_id: ${{ env.DATASET_PID }}
+
+      - name: Test content
+        env:
+          DV_API_TOKEN: ${{ steps.dataverse.outputs.api_token }}
+          DV_URL: ${{ steps.dataverse.outputs.base_url }}
+          DV_PID: ${{ env.DATASET_PID }}
+        run: |
+          python3 .github/workflows/scripts/check_content.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 639bf0c..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# doi:10.18419/darus-3801
-
-name: Test and publish
-
-on:
-    push:
-        branches:
-        - main
-    release:
-        types:
-        - published
-
-jobs:
-  dv-sync:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      DV_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DV_API_TOKEN }}
-      DV_URL: "https://darus.uni-stuttgart.de"
-      DV_PID: "doi:10.18419/darus-3801"
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Synchronize to DV
-      uses: ./
-      with:
-        dataverse_url: ${{ env.DV_URL }}
-        api_token: ${{ env.DV_API_TOKEN }}
-        persistent_id: ${{ env.DV_PID }}
-    - name: "Install Python"
-      uses: "actions/setup-python@v2"
-      with:
-        python-version: "3.11"
-    - name: Test content
-      run: |
-        python3 .github/workflows/scripts/check_content.py
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diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 7633235..426c28a 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -31,13 +31,10 @@ runs:
     - name: "Upload data"
       shell: "bash"
       run: |
-        python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/gdcc/python-dvuploader.git@feature/non-direct-upload
+        python3 -m pip install dvuploader
 
         python3 ${{ github.action_path }}/repo_uploader.py \
           --dataverse-url "${{ inputs.dataverse_url }}" \
           --persistent-id "${{ inputs.persistent_id }}" \
           --api-token "${{ inputs.api_token }}" \
           --directory "${{ inputs.directory }}"
-
-
-