diff --git a/.github/workflows/self_runner_test.yml b/.github/workflows/self_runner_test.yml
index 67f4a2c4..1b28cb3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/self_runner_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/self_runner_test.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,56 @@ jobs:
         echo "Listing all files and folders after cleanup:"
         ls -la ./
     
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      with:
-        repository: alliance-genome/agr_loader
+    - name: Configure AWS credentials
+      env:
+        AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+        AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p ~/.aws
+        echo "[default]" > ~/.aws/credentials
+        echo "aws_access_key_id=${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}" >> ~/.aws/credentials
+        echo "aws_secret_access_key=${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}" >> ~/.aws/credentials
+
+    - name: Log in to ECR
+      run: |
+        aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin 100225593120.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+    
+    - name: Pull Neo4j Env Image
+      env:
+        REGISTRY: 100225593120.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+        DOCKER_PULL_TAG: "stage"  # Adjust as needed
+        NEO_ENV_IMAGE: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/agr_neo4j_env:${{ env.DOCKER_PULL_TAG }}
+      run: docker pull ${{ env.NEO_ENV_IMAGE }}
+
+    - name: Run Neo4j
+      env:
+        REGISTRY: 100225593120.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+        DOCKER_PULL_TAG: "latest"  # Adjust as needed
+        NEO_ENV_IMAGE: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/agr_neo4j_env:${{ env.DOCKER_PULL_TAG }}
+        NEO_SERVER_NAME: "stage-neo4j.alliancegenome.org"
+        # LOG_SERVER_ADDRESS: "udp://logserver.example.com:12201"
+        NEO_VOLUME_NAME: "/data"
+        NET: "host"
+        NEO_MAX_HEAP: "31GB"
+        NEO_OFF_HEAP_MAX: "0GB"
+        NEO_ON_OFF_HEAP: "OFF_HEAP"
+        NEO_TRANSACTION: "0"
+        NEO4J_AUTH: "none"
+      run: |
+        docker run -d \
+          --name ${{ env.NEO_SERVER_NAME }} \
+          --log-driver=gelf \
+          --log-opt gelf-address=${{ env.LOG_SERVER_ADDRESS }} \
+          -p 7474:7474 \
+          -p 7687:7687 \
+          -v ${{ env.NEO_VOLUME_NAME }}:/var/lib/neo4j/import \
+          --network ${{ env.NET }} \
+          -e NEO4J_server_memory_heap_max__size=${{ env.NEO_MAX_HEAP }} \
+          -e NEO4J_server_memory_heap_initial__size=${{ env.NEO_MAX_HEAP }} \
+          -e NEO4J_server_memory_off__heap_max__size=${{ env.NEO_OFF_HEAP_MAX }} \
+          -e NEO4J_db_tx__state_memory__allocation=${{ env.NEO_ON_OFF_HEAP }} \
+          -e NEO4J_dbms_memory_transaction_total_max=${{ env.NEO_TRANSACTION }} \
+          -e NEO4J_db_memory_transaction_total_max=${{ env.NEO_TRANSACTION }} \
+          -e NEO4J_db_memory_transaction_max=${{ env.NEO_TRANSACTION }} \
+          -e NEO4J_AUTH=${{ env.NEO4J_AUTH }} \
+          ${{ env.NEO_ENV_IMAGE }}