diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fa7b7c6a..7214f7d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,19 +3,43 @@ name: CI
 on: push
 
 jobs:
-  mypy:
+
+  basic_install:
     name: 'pip install'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
-          ref: chart_hacking
+          ref: master
+
       - name: Setup python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -e . --upgrade-strategy eager -r requirements.txt
-      - name: Run piker
+
+      - name: Run piker cli
         run: piker 
+
+  testing:
+    name: 'test suite'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install -U . -r requirements-test.txt -r requirements.txt --upgrade-strategy eager
+
+      - name: Test suite
+        run: pytest tests -rs
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 9561fb10..7f3499c6 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 include README.rst
+include data/brokers.toml
diff --git a/data/brokers.toml b/data/brokers.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54b3df16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/brokers.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[binance]
+
+[kraken]
+
+
+# [ib]
+
+
+# [questrade]
diff --git a/piker/brokers/config.py b/piker/brokers/config.py
index 6718e794..a8ba7ff2 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/config.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/config.py
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
 Broker configuration mgmt.
 """
 import os
-import configparser
+from os.path import dirname
+import shutil
+
 import toml
 import click
+
 from ..log import get_logger
 
 log = get_logger('broker-config')
@@ -40,12 +43,28 @@ def get_broker_conf_path():
     return os.path.join(_config_dir, _file_name)
 
 
+def repodir():
+    """Return the abspath to the repo directory.
+    """
+    dirpath = os.path.abspath(
+        # we're 3 levels down in **this** module file
+        dirname(dirname(dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))))
+    )
+    return dirpath
+
+
 def load(
     path: str = None
 ) -> (dict, str):
     """Load broker config.
     """
     path = path or get_broker_conf_path()
+    if not os.path.isfile(path):
+        shutil.copyfile(
+            os.path.join(repodir(), 'data/brokers.toml'),
+            path,
+        )
+
     config = toml.load(path)
     log.debug(f"Read config file {path}")
     return config, path
diff --git a/piker/brokers/ib.py b/piker/brokers/ib.py
index c7d8917e..17c0ceb2 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/ib.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/ib.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ from ib_insync.wrapper import Wrapper
 from ib_insync.client import Client as ib_Client
 
 from ..log import get_logger, get_console_log
-from ..data import maybe_spawn_brokerd
+from .._daemon import maybe_spawn_brokerd
 from ..data._source import from_df
 from ..data._sharedmem import ShmArray
 from ._util import SymbolNotFound
diff --git a/piker/data/__init__.py b/piker/data/__init__.py
index 1a287ee2..e98195b4 100644
--- a/piker/data/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/data/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ from .feed import (
 
 __all__ = [
     'open_feed',
-    'maybe_spawn_brokerd',
     'ShmArray',
     'iterticks',
     'maybe_open_shm_array',
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e079f8a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pytest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76246e56..457032dc 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ setup(
         #'kivy',  see requirement.txt; using a custom branch atm
     ],
     tests_require=['pytest'],
-    python_requires=">=3.7",  # literally for ``datetime.datetime.fromisoformat``...
+    python_requires=">=3.9",  # literally for ``datetime.datetime.fromisoformat``...
     keywords=["async", "trading", "finance", "quant", "charting"],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ setup(
         'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
         "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         'Intended Audience :: Financial and Insurance Industry',
         'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index f461ffc6..d6ebbbf2 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ def confdir(request, test_config):
     if confdir is not None:
         config._override_config_dir(confdir)
 
-    # return config.load()[0]
     return confdir
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 26065245..8c9df93a 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ import os.path
 import piker.watchlists as wl
 
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    True,
+    reason="cli tests rely on quote api and questrade symbols"
+)
+
+
 def run(cmd, *args):
     """Run cmd and check for zero return code.
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_questrade.py b/tests/test_questrade.py
index 67417f1d..f8bd3f7a 100644
--- a/tests/test_questrade.py
+++ b/tests/test_questrade.py
@@ -10,11 +10,18 @@ import pytest
 import tractor
 from tractor.testing import tractor_test
 
+import piker
 from piker.brokers import get_brokermod
 from piker.brokers.data import DataFeed
 
 
-log = tractor.get_logger('tests')
+log = piker.log.get_logger('tests')
+
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    True,
+    reason="questrade tests can only be run locally with an API key",
+)
 
 
 # stock quote