diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6606582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Test
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.10'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install --no-deps .
+        pip install pytest onnxruntime transformers huggingface_hub
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: |
+        pytest -vv
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05d371a..c678459 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ docker run -d --name tei --gpus all -p 8080:80 -v $volume:/data --pull always gh
 ```
 
 ```bash
-python index_to.py pgvector
+python index_to.py pgvector --pgstring <PGSTRING>
+# or for local onnx inference
+python index_to.py pgvector --pgstring <PGSTRING> --local
 ```
 
 5. Use embedding for recommendation
diff --git a/curiosity/embedding.py b/curiosity/embedding.py
index 0fbdf02..2acb414 100644
--- a/curiosity/embedding.py
+++ b/curiosity/embedding.py
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Tuple
+
+from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModel
+from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
+import onnxruntime as ort
+import numpy as np
 
-from torch import Tensor
-import torch.nn.functional as F
-from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModel
 
+def average_pool(last_hidden_states,
+                 attention_mask):
+  last_hidden = last_hidden_states.masked_fill(
+      ~attention_mask[..., None].bool(), 0.0)
+  return last_hidden.sum(dim=1) / attention_mask.sum(dim=1)[..., None]
 
-def average_pool(last_hidden_states: Tensor,
-                 attention_mask: Tensor) -> Tensor:
-  last_hidden = last_hidden_states.masked_fill(
-      ~attention_mask[..., None].bool(), 0.0)
-  return last_hidden.sum(dim=1) / attention_mask.sum(dim=1)[..., None]
 
-
-def encode_hf(input_texts: List[str], model_id: str = 'intfloat/multilingual-e5-large',
-              prefix: str = 'intfloat/multilingual-e5-large'):
-  tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
-  model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(model_id)
+def encode_hf(input_texts: List[str], model_id: str = 'intfloat/multilingual-e5-large',
+              prefix: str = 'intfloat/multilingual-e5-large'):
+  import torch.nn.functional as F
+  tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
+  model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(model_id)
   input_texts = [prefix + input_text for input_text in input_texts]
   # Tokenize the input texts
   batch_dict = tokenizer(input_texts, max_length=512,
@@ -24,5 +26,35 @@ def encode_hf(input_texts: List[str], model_id: str = 'intfloat/multilingual-e5-
   embeddings = average_pool(outputs.last_hidden_state,
                             batch_dict['attention_mask'])
   # normalize embeddings
-  embeddings = F.normalize(embeddings)
-  return embeddings
+  embeddings = F.normalize(embeddings)
+  return embeddings
+
+
+def load_onnx(model_id: str = 'texonom/multilingual-e5-small-4096') -> Tuple[AutoTokenizer, ort.InferenceSession]:
+  """Load tokenizer and ONNX session for local inference."""
+  tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
+  onnx_path = hf_hub_download(model_id, 'onnx/model_quantized.onnx')
+  session = ort.InferenceSession(onnx_path, providers=['CPUExecutionProvider'])
+  return tokenizer, session
+
+
+def encode_onnx(input_texts: List[str], tokenizer: AutoTokenizer,
+                session: ort.InferenceSession, prefix: str = '') -> List[List[float]]:
+  """Encode texts using an ONNX model."""
+  input_texts = [prefix + text for text in input_texts]
+  batch_dict = tokenizer(input_texts, max_length=512,
+                         padding=True, truncation=True, return_tensors='np')
+  ort_inputs = {k: v for k, v in batch_dict.items()}
+  if 'token_type_ids' not in ort_inputs:
+    ort_inputs['token_type_ids'] = np.zeros_like(batch_dict['input_ids'])
+  # onnxruntime expects int64 inputs
+  for key in ort_inputs:
+    ort_inputs[key] = ort_inputs[key].astype('int64')
+  outputs = session.run(None, ort_inputs)[0]
+  attention_mask = batch_dict['attention_mask']
+  masked = np.where(attention_mask[..., None] == 1, outputs, 0.0)
+  summed = masked.sum(axis=1)
+  counts = attention_mask.sum(axis=1, keepdims=True)
+  embeddings = summed / counts
+  embeddings = embeddings / np.linalg.norm(embeddings, axis=1, keepdims=True)
+  return embeddings.tolist()
diff --git a/index_to.py b/index_to.py
index f2d3a50..6f5c98d 100644
--- a/index_to.py
+++ b/index_to.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import chromadb
 from datasets import load_dataset, Dataset
 from tei import TEIClient
+from curiosity.embedding import load_onnx, encode_onnx
 from huggingface_hub import HfApi
 import vecs
 import faiss as vdb
@@ -17,10 +18,18 @@
 from curiosity.data import load_documents
 
 
+<<<<<<< feature/load-onnx-multilingual-e5-small-model-for-local-inference -- Incoming Change
+def pgvector(dataset_id="texonom/texonom-md", dimension=384,
+             prefix="", subset=None, stream=False, pgstring=None,
+             tei_host="localhost", tei_port='8080', tei_protocol="http",
+             batch_size=1000, start_index=None, end_index=None,
+             local=False, model_id="texonom/multilingual-e5-small-4096"):
+=======
 def pgvector(dataset_id="texonom/texonom-md", dimension=384,
              prefix="", subset=None, stream=False, pgstring=None,
              tei_host="localhost", tei_port='8080', tei_protocol="http",
              batch_size=1000, start_index=None, end_index=None, limit=3000):
+>>>>>>> main -- Current Change
   # Load DB and dataset
   assert pgstring is not None
   vx = vecs.create_client(pgstring)
@@ -35,8 +44,22 @@ def pgvector(dataset_id="texonom/texonom-md", dimension=384,
     dataset = dataset[int(start_index):]
     dataset = Dataset.from_dict(dataset)
 
+<<<<<<< feature/load-onnx-multilingual-e5-small-model-for-local-inference -- Incoming Change
+  # Batch processing function
+  if local:
+    tokenizer, session = load_onnx(model_id)
+
+    def embed(texts):
+      return encode_onnx(texts, tokenizer, session)
+  else:
+    teiclient = TEIClient(host=tei_host, port=tei_port, protocol=tei_protocol)
+
+    def embed(texts):
+      return teiclient.embed_batch_sync(texts)
+=======
   # Batch processing function
   teiclient = TEIClient(host=tei_host, port=tei_port, protocol=tei_protocol, limit=3000)
+>>>>>>> main -- Current Change
 
   def batch_encode(batch_data: Dict) -> Dict:
     start = time.time()
@@ -52,7 +75,7 @@ def batch_encode(batch_data: Dict) -> Dict:
       row['text'] = row['text'].strip()[:limit]
     input_texts = [
         f"{prefix}{row['title']}\n{row['text']}\n{row['refs']}\nParent: {row['parent']}" for row in rows]
-    embeddings = teiclient.embed_batch_sync(input_texts)
+    embeddings = embed(input_texts)
     metadatas = [{'title': row['title'] if row['title'] is not None else '',
                   'text': row['text'] if row['text'] is not None else '',
                   'created': row['created'] if row['created'] is not None else '',
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0bd03e3..10bb881 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "teicli>=0.3.1",
     "faiss-cpu>=1.7.4",
     "vecs>=0.4.1",
+    "onnxruntime>=1.16.0",
 ]
 description = "Add your description here"
 name = "curiosity"
diff --git a/tests/test_onnx.py b/tests/test_onnx.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0166ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_onnx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import pytest
+from curiosity.embedding import load_onnx, encode_onnx
+
+
+def test_encode_onnx_output_shape():
+    tokenizer, session = load_onnx('texonom/multilingual-e5-small-4096')
+    embeddings = encode_onnx(["hello world"], tokenizer, session)
+    assert isinstance(embeddings, list)
+    assert len(embeddings) == 1
+    assert isinstance(embeddings[0], list)
+    assert len(embeddings[0]) > 0