diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-with-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-with-conda.yml
index c99897d..8bb75e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-with-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-with-conda.yml
@@ -14,18 +14,29 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+    # - name: Set up Python 3.10
+    #   uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+    #   with:
+    #     python-version: '3.10'
+    - name: Add conda 
+      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
       with:
+        auto-update-conda: true
         python-version: '3.10'
-    - name: Add conda to system path
+        activate-environment: mbarq
+        environment-file: mbarq_environment.yaml
+        auto-activate-base: false
+    - name: test conda
       run: |
-        # $CONDA is an environment variable pointing to the root of the miniconda directory
-        echo $CONDA/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
+        conda info
+        conda list
+      # run: |
+      #   # $CONDA is an environment variable pointing to the root of the miniconda directory
+      #   echo $CONDA/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         #conda install -c conda-forge mamba python==3.10
-        conda env update --file mbarq_environment.yaml --name base
+        #conda env update --file mbarq_environment.yaml --name base
         pip install .
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |