diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 314a4279..697061cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo install just
       - name: Run Docker Compose
         run: docker compose up lnd1 -d
+      - name: Set permissions for admin.macaroon
+        run: chmod -R +r ./data/lnd1
       - name: Build
         run: cargo build --verbose
       - name: Run tests
-        run: cargo test --verbose
+        run: just run-tests
       - name: Run itests
         run: just run-itests
   coverage:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ac20a3f2..af805cf9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -320,13 +320,19 @@ version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d86b93f97252c47b41663388e6d155714a9d0c398b99f1005cbc5f978b29f445"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bech32"
+version = "0.10.0-beta"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "98f7eed2b2781a6f0b5c903471d48e15f56fb4e1165df8a9a2337fd1a59d45ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoin"
 version = "0.29.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0694ea59225b0c5f3cb405ff3f670e4828358ed26aec49dc352f730f0cb1a8a3"
 dependencies = [
- "bech32",
+ "bech32 0.9.1",
  "bitcoin_hashes 0.11.0",
  "secp256k1 0.24.3",
 ]
@@ -337,7 +343,7 @@ version = "0.30.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1945a5048598e4189e239d3f809b19bdad4845c4b2ba400d304d2dcf26d2c462"
 dependencies = [
- "bech32",
+ "bech32 0.9.1",
  "bitcoin-private",
  "bitcoin_hashes 0.12.0",
  "hex_lit",
@@ -345,11 +351,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitcoin"
+version = "0.31.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fd00f3c09b5f21fb357abe32d29946eb8bb7a0862bae62c0b5e4a692acbbe73c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bech32 0.10.0-beta",
+ "bitcoin-internals",
+ "bitcoin_hashes 0.13.0",
+ "hex-conservative",
+ "hex_lit",
+ "secp256k1 0.28.2",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoin-internals"
 version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9425c3bf7089c983facbae04de54513cce73b41c7f9ff8c845b54e7bc64ebbfb"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoin-private"
@@ -381,6 +405,31 @@ checksum = "1930a4dabfebb8d7d9992db18ebe3ae2876f0a305fab206fd168df931ede293b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitcoin-internals",
  "hex-conservative",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitcoincore-rpc"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8eb70725a621848c83b3809913d5314c0d20ca84877d99dd909504b564edab00"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitcoincore-rpc-json",
+ "jsonrpc",
+ "log",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitcoincore-rpc-json"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "856ffbee2e492c23bca715d72ea34aae80d58400f2bda26a82015d6bc2ec3662"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitcoin 0.31.1",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1445,6 +1494,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "integrationtests"
+version = "0.2.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "axum 0.7.4",
+ "bitcoin_hashes 0.12.0",
+ "bitcoincore-rpc",
+ "fedimint-tonic-lnd",
+ "lightning-invoice 0.29.0",
+ "moksha-core",
+ "moksha-mint",
+ "moksha-wallet",
+ "rand",
+ "reqwest",
+ "secp256k1 0.27.0",
+ "serde",
+ "tempfile",
+ "testcontainers",
+ "testcontainers-modules",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.9.0"
@@ -1493,6 +1567,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonrpc"
+version = "0.14.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8128f36b47411cd3f044be8c1f5cc0c9e24d1d1bfdc45f0a57897b32513053f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.13.1",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1561,7 +1646,7 @@ version = "0.26.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3eb24878b0f4ef75f020976c886d9ad1503867802329cc963e0ab4623ea3b25c"
 dependencies = [
- "bech32",
+ "bech32 0.9.1",
  "bitcoin 0.29.2",
  "bitcoin_hashes 0.11.0",
  "lightning 0.0.118",
@@ -1575,7 +1660,7 @@ version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b186aca4a605d4db3b85979922be287b9ebd5dedd8132963bb9dbeb8f7d2a04"
 dependencies = [
- "bech32",
+ "bech32 0.9.1",
  "bitcoin 0.30.2",
  "lightning 0.0.121",
  "num-traits",
@@ -2801,6 +2886,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "25996b82292a7a57ed3508f052cfff8640d38d32018784acd714758b43da9c8f"
 dependencies = [
  "bitcoin_hashes 0.12.0",
+ "rand",
  "secp256k1-sys 0.8.1",
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -2811,6 +2897,7 @@ version = "0.28.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d24b59d129cdadea20aea4fb2352fa053712e5d713eee47d700cd4b2bc002f10"
 dependencies = [
+ "bitcoin_hashes 0.13.0",
  "rand",
  "secp256k1-sys 0.9.2",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5ba05449..c19eb1f5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ members = [
     "moksha-cli",
     "moksha-wallet",
     "moksha-mint",
+    "integrationtests",
 ]
 
 [profile.dev]
diff --git a/integrationtests/Cargo.toml b/integrationtests/Cargo.toml
index c966f46b..fd0b904c 100644
--- a/integrationtests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/integrationtests/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "moksha-integrationtests"
+name = "integrationtests"
 version = "0.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/ngutech21/moksha"
@@ -43,5 +43,3 @@ moksha-mint = { path = "../moksha-mint" }
 moksha-wallet = { path = "../moksha-wallet" }
 moksha-core = { path = "../moksha-core" }
 tempfile = "3.9.0"
-
-[workspace]
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index a9ae7e6a..f8e687a0 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ clean:
   cargo clean
 
 
+
+
 # check code for typos
 [no-exit-message]
 typos:
@@ -59,10 +61,13 @@ run-cli *ARGS:
   RUST_BACKTRACE=1 cargo run --bin moksha-cli -- -m http://127.0.0.1:3338 -d ./data/wallet  {{ARGS}} 
 
 
+run-tests:
+  cargo test --workspace --exclude integrationtests
+
+
 # run integrationtests
 run-itests:
-    cd integrationtests && \
-    cargo test
+    cargo test -p integrationtests
 
 # build the mint docker-image
 build-docker: