diff --git a/.github/workflows/django.yml b/.github/workflows/django.yml
index 38d4c1fa..a389d16b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/django.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/django.yml
@@ -26,28 +26,47 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y gdal-bin libgdal-dev
         sudo ldconfig
+    - name: Configure Django GDAL Settings
+      run: |
+        echo "from thrillwiki.settings import *" > ci_settings.py
+        echo "GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH = '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdal.so'" >> ci_settings.py
+        echo "GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH = '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgeos_c.so'" >> ci_settings.py
     - name: Set GDAL Environment
       run: |
-        export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/gdal
-        export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/gdal
-        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+        echo "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/gdal" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/gdal" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        GDAL_VERSION=$(gdal-config --version)
+        echo "GDAL_VERSION=$GDAL_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdal.so" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "GDAL_VERSION=$(gdal-config --version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=ci_settings" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Debug GDAL Installation
+      run: |
+        ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdal*
+        ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgeos*
+        gdal-config --version
+        gdal-config --libs
+        echo "Python path:" $PYTHONPATH
+        echo "Settings module:" $DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
     - name: Install Dependencies
       env:
         GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdal.so
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install wheel
-        pip install setuptools
-        gdal-config --version
+        pip install wheel setuptools
         pip install GDAL==$(gdal-config --version) --global-option=build_ext --global-option="-I/usr/include/gdal"
         pip install -r requirements.txt
-    - name: Verify GDAL
+    - name: Verify GDAL Installation
       run: |
+        pwd
+        ls -la
+        python -c "import os; print('GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH:', os.getenv('GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH'))"
+        python -c "import os; print('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE:', os.getenv('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'))"
         python -c "from osgeo import gdal; print('GDAL Version:', gdal.__version__)"
+        python -c "import django; from django.conf import settings; print('Django Settings Module:', settings.SETTINGS_MODULE)"
     - name: Run Tests
       env:
         GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdal.so
+        DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: ci_settings
       run: |
-        python manage.py test
+        PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:. python manage.py test