diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml
index 28f846b06e..3babdd6477 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml
@@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ jobs:
             nwchem_modules: "qmandpw qmd"
             fc: ifort
             use_openmp: 2
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            experimental: true
+            mpi_impl: mpich
+            armci_network: MPI-TS
+            nwchem_modules: "tinyqmpw"
+            fc: gfortran
+            blas: "internal"
       fail-fast: false
     env:
         MPI_IMPL: ${{ matrix.mpi_impl }}
diff --git a/travis/nwchem.bashrc b/travis/nwchem.bashrc
index 6329219383..189ec69303 100644
--- a/travis/nwchem.bashrc
+++ b/travis/nwchem.bashrc
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ fi
 if [[ "$BLAS_ENV" == "internal" ]]; then
     export USE_INTERNALBLAS=1
     export BLAS_SIZE=8
+    export SCALAPACK_ENV="off"
 elif [[ "$BLAS_ENV" == "build_openblas" ]]; then
     export BUILD_OPENBLAS="y"
     export BLAS_SIZE=8