diff --git a/.github/workflows/craig.yml b/.github/workflows/craig.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b07dadc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/craig.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: craigs check
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  dts:
+    secrets: inherit
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/deployment-tests.yml
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: read
diff --git a/ci/setup.sh b/ci/setup.sh
index c90bc52c3..6b1142707 100755
--- a/ci/setup.sh
+++ b/ci/setup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
 # setup build host on ubuntu 22
 set -ex
-PREFIX=/var/cfengine
 
 # Github Actions provides machines with various packages installed,
 # what confuses our build system into thinking that it's an RPM distro.
@@ -40,8 +40,19 @@ sudo apt-get -qy install bison flex binutils build-essential fakeroot ntp \
 sudo apt-get -qq purge apache* "postgresql*" redis*
 
 # packages needed for installing Mission portal dependencies
-# remove any nodejs or node- packages currently in place
-sudo apt-get remove -qy 'nodejs*' 'node-*'
-# replace with exact version we want
-wget -O - https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash -
-sudo apt-get install -qy nodejs
+
+MINIMUM_NODE_VERSION=20
+echo "Check for at least $MINIMUM_NODE_VERSION node version"
+if command -v node; then
+  # vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
+  _major=$(node --version | cut -dv -f2 | cut -d. -f1)
+  if [ "$_major" -lt "$MINIMUM_NODE_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "We need at least node version $MINIMUM_NODE_VERSION and found $_major. Will attempt to install from nodesource"
+
+    # remove any nodejs or node- packages currently in place
+    sudo apt-get remove -qy 'nodejs*' 'node-*'
+    # replace with exact version we want
+    wget -O - https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash -
+    sudo apt-get install -qy nodejs
+  fi
+fi