diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 12ee185b3..04f339fde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: make check
       id: check
       run: |
-        make -k check BT_ARCHIVE_LOGS=1
+        make bt_edit.check BT_ARCHIVE_LOGS=1 GST_DEBUG="*:4"
 
     - name: Rerun failed tests under gdb and get backtraces
       id: rerun_tests
diff --git a/tests/m-bt-edit.c b/tests/m-bt-edit.c
index d8325d892..0425808f7 100644
--- a/tests/m-bt-edit.c
+++ b/tests/m-bt-edit.c
@@ -164,16 +164,11 @@ bt_edit_teardown (void)
 
 /* start the test run */
 gint
-main (gint argc, gchar ** argv)
+main (gint argc, gchar **argv)
 {
   gint nf;
   SRunner *sr;
 
-  // TODO(153) - this test does not work on github actions yet (the xvfb setup
-  // fails), lets skip for now
-  if (g_getenv ("CI"))
-    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-
   g_set_application_name (PACKAGE_NAME);
   setup_log_base (argc, argv);
   setup_log_capture ();