diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76288963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# This workflow will build a golang project
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-go
+
+name: Go
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      with:
+        go-version: '1.23'
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.10'
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        go get .
+
+        pip3 install "sqlglot[rs]"
+
+        curl -LJO https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.0.0/duckdb_cli-linux-amd64.zip
+        unzip duckdb_cli-linux-amd64.zip
+        chmod +x duckdb
+        sudo mv duckdb /usr/local/bin
+        duckdb -c 'INSTALL json from core'
+        duckdb -c 'SELECT extension_name, loaded, install_path FROM duckdb_extensions() where installed'
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: go build -v
+
+    - name: Test Binlog Replication
+      run: go test -v -p 1 --timeout 360s ./binlogreplication
diff --git a/meta/provider.go b/meta/provider.go
index 618eb655..90f8b8e5 100644
--- a/meta/provider.go
+++ b/meta/provider.go
@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@ func NewDBProvider(dataDir, dbFile string) (*DbProvider, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	// load json extension
-	_, err = storage.Exec("load json")
+
+	// install the json extension
+	_, err = storage.Exec("INSTALL json")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// load the json extension
+	_, err = storage.Exec("LOAD json")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}