diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f453c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a single version of Python
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+
+name: Python application
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.10"
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install flake8 pytest
+        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
+        # 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
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest
diff --git a/pytholog/fact.py b/pytholog/fact.py
index 42c1bf9..4bedaea 100644
--- a/pytholog/fact.py
+++ b/pytholog/fact.py
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ def __repr__ (self) :
         
     def __lt__(self, other):
         return self.lh.terms[self.lh.index] < other.lh.terms[other.lh.index]
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self.fact == other.fact
         
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pytholog/knowledge_base.py b/pytholog/knowledge_base.py
index cd5bc88..f1cc0b5 100644
--- a/pytholog/knowledge_base.py
+++ b/pytholog/knowledge_base.py
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ def __init__(self, name = None):
         KnowledgeBase.__id += 1
         self.name = name
         self._cache = {}
+
+    def rem_kn(self, kn):
+        for i in kn:
+            i = Fact(i)
+            g = [Goal(Fact(r.to_string())) for r in i.rhs]
+            if i.lh.predicate in self.db:
+                self.db[i.lh.predicate]["facts"].pop(i)
+                self.db[i.lh.predicate]["terms"].pop(i.terms)
+                self.db[i.lh.predicate]["goals"].pop(g)
+
+                # delete it if it is now empty
+                if not len(self.db[i.lh.predicate]["facts"]) \
+                        and not len(self.db[i.lh.predicate]["terms"]) \
+                        and not len(self.db[i.lh.predicate]["goals"]):
+                    del self.db[i.lh.predicate]
+
+                self.clear_cache()
     
     ## the main function that adds new entries or append existing ones
     ## it creates "facts", "goals" and "terms" buckets for each predicate
@@ -30,12 +47,17 @@ def add_kn(self, kn):
             i = Fact(i)
             ## rhs are stored as Expr here we change class to Goal
             g = [Goal(Fact(r.to_string())) for r in i.rhs]
+
             if i.lh.predicate in self.db:
                 self.db[i.lh.predicate]["facts"].push(i)
                 self.db[i.lh.predicate]["terms"].push(i.terms)
                 self.db[i.lh.predicate]["goals"].push(g)
-                #self.db[i.lh.predicate]["terms"].append(i.terms)
+                # self.db[i.lh.predicate]["terms"].append(i.terms)
+                indx, look_up = term_checker(Expr(i.to_string()))
+                if look_up in self._cache:
+                    del self._cache[look_up]
             else:
+                # initialize the knowledge base
                 self.db[i.lh.predicate] = {}
                 self.db[i.lh.predicate]["facts"] = FactHeap()
                 self.db[i.lh.predicate]["facts"].push(i)
@@ -45,6 +67,9 @@ def add_kn(self, kn):
                 self.db[i.lh.predicate]["terms"].push(i.terms)
                 #self.db[i.lh.predicate]["goals"] = [g]
                 #self.db[i.lh.predicate]["terms"] = [i.terms]
+
+    def add(self, predicate, *values):
+        return self.add_kn([Fact(f"{predicate}({', '.join(str(x) for x in values)})")])
             
     def __call__(self, args):
         self.add_kn(args)
@@ -53,6 +78,9 @@ def __call__(self, args):
     ## it is only to be user intuitive readable method                                      
     def query(self, expr, cut = False, show_path = False):
         return rule_query(self, expr, cut, show_path)
+
+    def q(self, predicate, *values):
+        return rule_query(self, Expr(f"{predicate}({', '.join(str(x) for x in values)})"))
         
     def rule_search(self, expr):
         if expr.predicate not in self.db:
diff --git a/pytholog/pq.py b/pytholog/pq.py
index 3415940..1bcb243 100644
--- a/pytholog/pq.py
+++ b/pytholog/pq.py
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ def __init__(self):
 
     def push(self, item):
         insort(self._container, item) # in by sort
+
+    def pop(self, item):
+        if item in self._container:
+            self._container.remove(item)
+        else:
+            print("item not in container")
         
     def __getitem__(self, item):
          return self._container[item]