diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index 6b81f7b4..355da234 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ jobs:
             echo "LIST_OF_IPYNB_CHANGED=None" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
 
+      - name: Set authentication
+        run: echo "${{ secrets.CLASSIQ_CREDENTIALS_B64 }}" | base64 --decode > "${HOME}/.classiq-credentials"
+
       - name: "Run tests"
         run: python -m pytest tests
         env:
diff --git a/tests/test_notebooks.py b/tests/test_notebooks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59bfb4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_notebooks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from testbook import testbook
+from utils_for_tests import iterate_notebooks
+
+TIMEOUT: int = 60 * 3  # 3 minutes
+
+
+def test_notebooks() -> None:
+    for notebook_path in iterate_notebooks():
+        with testbook(notebook_path, execute=True, timeout=TIMEOUT):
+            pass  # we simply wish it to run without errors
diff --git a/tests/utils_for_tests.py b/tests/utils_for_tests.py
index f2f80fb5..9ea9dd19 100644
--- a/tests/utils_for_tests.py
+++ b/tests/utils_for_tests.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from pathlib import Path
 
-ROOT_DIRECTORY = Path(__file__).parent
+ROOT_DIRECTORY = Path(__file__).parents[1]
 
 
 def iterate_notebooks() -> Iterable[str]: