diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
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index 0000000..87b476d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+^\.github$
+^LICENSE\.md$
diff --git a/.github/.gitignore b/.github/.gitignore
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index 0000000..2d19fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3ac618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples
+# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: R-CMD-check
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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index 0000000..b9f349d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Package: lymphomaSurvivalPipeline
+Title: R tools for a pipeline to analyze lymphoma survival data based on RNAseq
+Version: 0.0.0.9000
+Authors@R: 
+    person("Lukas", "Gessl", , "lukas.gessl@icloud.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
+Description: This package provides tools to train classifiers predicting 
+    progression-free survival for lymphoma patients. It makes integrating
+    new data sets, new classes of models and new features easy. It prepares
+    data (which is expected to have a certain format) for training models
+    and assesses each model, most importantly in terms of prevalence versus
+    precision.
+License: MIT + file LICENSE
+Encoding: UTF-8
+Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
+RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
+Suggests: 
+    testthat (>= 3.0.0)
+Config/testthat/edition: 3
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 153ada8..e8e848a 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,21 +1,2 @@
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2023 lgessl
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
+YEAR: 2023
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER: lymphomaSurvivalPipeline authors
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d19795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 lymphomaSurvivalPipeline authors
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
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index 0000000..6ae9268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ffb5f6d..5b56536 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 # lymphomaSurvivalPipeline
 An R pipeline for RNAseq-based lymphoma survival analysis
+
+  <!-- badges: start -->
+  [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/lgessl/lymphomaSurvivalPipeline/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/lgessl/lymphomaSurvivalPipeline/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
+  <!-- badges: end -->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52fdc6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat.R
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This file is part of the standard setup for testthat.
+# It is recommended that you do not modify it.
+#
+# Where should you do additional test configuration?
+# Learn more about the roles of various files in:
+# * https://r-pkgs.org/testing-design.html#sec-tests-files-overview
+# * https://testthat.r-lib.org/articles/special-files.html
+
+library(testthat)
+library(lymphomaSurvivalPipeline)
+
+test_check("lymphomaSurvivalPipeline")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/helper.R b/tests/testthat/helper.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c701a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/helper.R
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# You can later put helper functions for tests here
\ No newline at end of file