diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e22371..6239b19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ donotpassgo is a github/gitea action to run standard go checks in pipelines.
 ## TODO
 explain inputs in readme
 test
-does file naming matter here if the project has install.sh or /src will we overwrite?
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+does file naming matter here if the project has install.sh or /src will we overwrite?
+review MR, im drunk-ish
+some jobs need env vars still lol
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diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 6d8e704..8f9e5d1 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: "none"
   test-version: #TEST_VERSION
-    description: "the test library version, if the version is none or standard this value is ignored"
+    description: "the test library version, if the library is none or standard this value is ignored"
     required: false
     default: "latest"
   test-fail: #TEST_FAIL
@@ -36,10 +36,16 @@ runs:
     - name: "install dependencies"
       shell: bash
       run:  ${{ github.action_path }}/src/install.sh
+      env:
+        TEST_LIBRARY: ${{ inputs.test-library }}
+        TEST_VERSION: ${{ inputs.test-version }}
 
     - name: "run unit tests"
       shell: bash
       run:  ${{ github.action_path }}/src/test.sh
+      env:
+        TEST_LIBRARY: ${{ inputs.test-library }}
+        TEST_FAIL: ${{ inputs.test-fail }}
 
     - name: "run security checks"
       shell: bash