diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yaml b/.github/workflows/linting.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4e9c69a121ef0b5ed7a94af4575a272ee98a5028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Linting
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python 3.6
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          # Semantic version range syntax or exact version of a Python version
+          python-version: '3.6'
+          # Optional - x64 or x86 architecture, defaults to x64
+          architecture: 'x64'
+      - name: find trailing whitespace
+        uses: harupy/find-trailing-whitespace@master
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install flake8
+          #if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+      - name: Lint with flake8
+        run: |
+          # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+          #flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+          flake8 . --count --max-line-length=79 --show-source --statistics
+          # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+          #flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
diff --git a/rc_util.py b/rc_util.py
index d3cb3b613c6fd18408ff68392c39ecc7706d5e1e..0741cd18fb4f3cf91321c88fe4af0a11e6532a3d 100644
--- a/rc_util.py
+++ b/rc_util.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import argparse
 from rc_rmq import RCRMQ
 import json
 from urllib.parse import quote
+from time import sleep
 
 rc_rmq = RCRMQ({"exchange": "RegUsr", "exchange_type": "topic"})
 tasks = {