diff --git a/.github/workflows/postgres-service.yml b/.github/workflows/postgres-service.yml
index 6b5a5a4..84aa1ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/postgres-service.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/postgres-service.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-on: [push]
+name: Postgres Service Example
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - master
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  container-job:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     
     container:
@@ -30,3 +38,30 @@ jobs:
         # If we were running the job on the VM this would be localhost
         POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
         POSTGRES_PORT: ${{ job.services.postgres.ports[5432] }}
+
+  vm-job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:10.8
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+          POSTGRES_DB: postgres
+        ports:
+        - 5432:5432
+        # needed because the postgres container does not provide a healthcheck
+        options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1     
+    - run: npm ci
+      working-directory: ./postgres
+    - run: node client.js
+      working-directory: ./postgres
+      env:
+        # use postgres for the host here because we have specified a contaienr for the job.
+        # If we were running the job on the VM this would be localhost
+        POSTGRES_HOST: localhost
+        POSTGRES_PORT: ${{ job.services.postgres.ports[5432] }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/redis-service.yml b/.github/workflows/redis-service.yml
index 7b39ad1..ae97c1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/redis-service.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/redis-service.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+name: Redis Service Example
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+    - run: npm ci
+      working-directory: ./redis
+
     - run: node client.js
       env:
         REDIS_HOST: redis
@@ -37,6 +43,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+    - run: npm ci
+      working-directory: ./redis
+
     - run: node client.js
       working-directory: ./redis
       env: