diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 22adc1c..2d21321 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,14 +10,7 @@ RUN cd /root/ \
  && apt-get update \
  && apt-get install -y python python3 cmake build-essential openjdk-9-jre-headless \
  && /root/emsdk/emsdk update-tags \
- && echo "test the standard workflow (as close as possible to how a user would do it, in the shell)" \
- && /root/emsdk/emsdk install latest \
- && /root/emsdk/emsdk activate latest \
- && source /root/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh --build=Release \
- && emcc hello_world.cpp \
- && emcc hello_world.cpp -s WASM=0 \
- && emcc --clear-cache \
- && echo "run addition tests in python" \
  && cd /root/emsdk/ \
+ && bash test.sh \
  && python test.py
 
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d2c9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+echo "test the standard workflow (as close as possible to how a user would do it, in the shell)"
+./emsdk install latest
+./emsdk activate latest
+source ./emsdk_env.sh --build=Release
+emcc hello_world.cpp
+emcc hello_world.cpp -s WASM=0
+emcc --clear-cache
+