diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-test.yml b/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
index d2adc5b..9ecff7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
@@ -24,13 +24,28 @@ jobs:
     - name: Go test
       if: ${{ !startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Release') }}
       run: |
+          # Install our dependencies
           sudo apt-get update || true 
           sudo apt-get install -y zsh tmux fish || true
           brew install fish tmux bash || true
-          export TZ='America/Los_Angeles' # Force the time zone so that test output is consistent
-          sudo chmod 0755 -R /usr/share/zsh/ || true  # Work around a weird bug where zsh on ubuntu actions gives that diretory 0777 which makes zsh refuse to start
-          sudo hostname ghaction-runner-hostname || true # Set a consistent hostname so we can run tests that depend on it
+
+          # Force the time zone so that test output is consistent
+          export TZ='America/Los_Angeles' 
+
+          # Work around a weird bug where zsh on ubuntu actions gives that directory 0777 which makes zsh refuse to start
+          sudo chmod 0755 -R /usr/share/zsh/ || true
+
+          # Set a consistent hostname so we can run tests that depend on it
+          sudo hostname ghaction-runner-hostname || true 
           sudo scutil --set HostName ghaction-runner-hostname || true
+
+          # Set up a tmpfs for ~/.hishtory/ to help tests run faster
+          mkdir ~/.hishtory/
+          mount -F tmpfs -o size=500M swap ~/.hishtory/ || true
+          diskutil apfs create $(hdiutil attach -nomount ram://1024000) RAMDisk || true
+          mount -o noatime -t apfs /Volumes/RAMDisk ~/.hishtory/  
+
+          # Run the tests
           make test
     # - name: Setup tmate session
     #   if: ${{ failure() }}