diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc3d466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Build C++
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  install:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y -f build-essential g++ cmake
+  build:
+    needs: install
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Build project
+        run: g++ GameDie.cpp -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra -Werror -o firstIO
diff --git a/GameDie.cpp b/GameDie.cpp
index d512405..e9fb279 100644
--- a/GameDie.cpp
+++ b/GameDie.cpp
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 GameDie::GameDie()
 {
     srand(time(NULL));
-    counter.resize(FACES);
+    roll_counter.resize(FACES);
 
     for(int i=0; i<FACES; i++)
-      counter[i] = 0;
+      roll_counter[i] = 0;
 }
 
 //overloaded constructor
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ GameDie::GameDie(unsigned int num)
 {
     if( num == 0 )
     {
-        counter.resize(FACES);
+        roll_counter.resize(FACES);
     }
     else{
-        counter.resize(num);
+        roll_counter.resize(num);
     }
     for(int i=0; i<FACES; i++)
     {
-        counter[i] = 0;
+        roll_counter[i] = 0;
     }
 
 }
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ GameDie::GameDie(unsigned int num)
 // (inclusive) and return it
 int GameDie::roll()
 {
-    int roll = rand() % counter.size();
-    counter[roll]++;
+    int roll = rand() % roll_counter.size();
+    roll_counter[roll]++;
     return roll + 1;
 }
 
 // return the count of how many times each face has been rolled, as a vector
 // where each face's count is at index face-1 (i.e. Face 1 is at index 0)
 vector <int> GameDie::get_distribution(){
-    return counter;
+    return roll_counter;
 }
diff --git a/GameDie.h b/GameDie.h
index 54d69ba..939e8f7 100644
--- a/GameDie.h
+++ b/GameDie.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class GameDie
    vector <int> get_distribution();
 
   private:
-   vector <int> counter;
+   vector <int> roll_counter;
    const static int FACES = 6;
 };
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a8fe2c..adaabe9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[![Build C++](https://github.com/gabravocorona/GameDie/actions/workflows/actions.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/gabravocorona/GameDie/actions/workflows/actions.yml)
 # GameDie
 
 This repository provides a class that represents a game die, such as the
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ Once built, run the image:
 
 ...or run it with a bind mount to the current source code:
 
-`docker run --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/usr/src -it cpp-container`
\ No newline at end of file
+`docker run --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/usr/src -it cpp-container`