diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
index bb8e550a..b66e31b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ jobs:
         flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
     - name: Unittests
       run: |
-        python -m unittest discover -s test -t test
+        pytest test
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5599a3c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[pytest]
+python_files = Test*.py
+python_classes = Test
+python_functions = test
\ No newline at end of file