diff --git a/.github/workflows/api_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/api_tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a3baaad9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/api_tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: api_tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+jobs:
+  check_skip:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: "! contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[ci skip]')"
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
+
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
+        experimental: [false]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          architecture: x64
+          cache: 'pip'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'requirements*'
+      - name: check OS
+        run: cat /etc/os-release
+      - name: set ENV
+        run: |
+          export TRAINER_TELEMETRY=0
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git make gcc
+          sudo apt-get install espeak-ng
+          make system-deps
+      - name: Install/upgrade Python setup deps
+        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+      - name: Replace scarf urls
+        run: |
+          sed -i 's/https:\/\/coqui.gateway.scarf.sh\//https:\/\/github.com\/coqui-ai\/TTS\/releases\/download\//g' TTS/.models.json
+      - name: Install TTS
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install .[all]
+          python3 setup.py egg_info
+      - name: Unit tests
+        run: make api_tests
+        env:
+          COQUI_STUDIO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COQUI_STUDIO_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/inference_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/inference_tests.yml
index 47c4b241b2..d2159027b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/inference_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/inference_tests.yml
@@ -51,5 +51,3 @@ jobs:
           python3 setup.py egg_info
       - name: Unit tests
         run: make inference_tests
-        env:
-          COQUI_STUDIO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COQUI_STUDIO_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7adea3a1fe..9f2008dc67 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ test_zoo:	## run zoo tests.
 inference_tests: ## run inference tests.
 	nose2 -F -v -B --with-coverage --coverage TTS tests.inference_tests
 
+api_tests: ## run api tests.
+	nose2 -F -v -B --with-coverage --coverage TTS tests.api_tests
+
 data_tests: ## run data tests.
 	nose2 -F -v -B --with-coverage --coverage TTS tests.data_tests
 
diff --git a/TTS/tts/layers/bark/inference_funcs.py b/TTS/tts/layers/bark/inference_funcs.py
index 3a73e6d4b4..3a6875ef39 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/layers/bark/inference_funcs.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/layers/bark/inference_funcs.py
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ def generate_voice(
     hubert_model = CustomHubert(checkpoint_path=model.config.LOCAL_MODEL_PATHS["hubert"]).to(model.device)
 
     # Load the CustomTokenizer model
-    tokenizer = HubertTokenizer.load_from_checkpoint(model.config.LOCAL_MODEL_PATHS["hubert_tokenizer"], map_location=model.device)
+    tokenizer = HubertTokenizer.load_from_checkpoint(
+        model.config.LOCAL_MODEL_PATHS["hubert_tokenizer"], map_location=model.device
+    )
     # semantic_tokens = model.text_to_semantic(
     #     text, max_gen_duration_s=seconds, top_k=50, top_p=0.95, temp=0.7
     # )  # not 100%
diff --git a/tests/api_tests/__init__.py b/tests/api_tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tests/inference_tests/test_python_api.py b/tests/api_tests/test_python_api.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/inference_tests/test_python_api.py
rename to tests/api_tests/test_python_api.py