diff --git a/.github/workflows/system.yml b/.github/workflows/system.yml
index 43bab98..8575ae8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/system.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/system.yml
@@ -29,14 +29,25 @@ jobs:
           git clone https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core.git
           cd bats-core && ./install.sh $HOME
 
-      - name: Build and Run
+      - name: Build
         run: |
           make testbin
           export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=user
           export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=pass
-          aws configure set aws_access_key_id $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID --profile versity 
+          aws configure set aws_access_key_id $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID --profile versity
           aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY --profile versity
-          export VERSITY_EXE=./versitygw
           mkdir /tmp/gw
-          VERSITYGW_TEST_ENV=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/.env.default $HOME/bin/bats ./tests/s3_bucket_tests.sh
-          VERSITYGW_TEST_ENV=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/.env.default $HOME/bin/bats ./tests/posix_tests.sh
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=user
+          export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=pass
+          export WORKSPACE=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+          ./tests/run.sh
+
+      - name: Run tests with static buckets
+        run: |
+          export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=user
+          export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=pass
+          export WORKSPACE=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+          ./tests/run_static.sh
diff --git a/tests/.env.static b/tests/.env.static
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33f5f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.env.static
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+AWS_REGION=us-east-1
+AWS_PROFILE=versity
+VERSITY_EXE=./versitygw
+BACKEND=posix
+LOCAL_FOLDER=/tmp/gw
+AWS_ENDPOINT_URL=http://127.0.0.1:7070
+BUCKET_ONE_NAME=versity-gwtest-bucket-one-static
+BUCKET_TWO_NAME=versity-gwtest-bucket-two-static
+RECREATE_BUCKETS=false
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diff --git a/tests/run.sh b/tests/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d0203e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSITYGW_TEST_ENV=$WORKSPACE/tests/.env.default "$HOME"/bin/bats ./tests/s3_bucket_tests.sh
+VERSITYGW_TEST_ENV=$WORKSPACE/tests/.env.default "$HOME"/bin/bats ./tests/posix_tests.sh
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diff --git a/tests/run_static.sh b/tests/run_static.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..604209c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run_static.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export VERSITYGW_TEST_ENV=$WORKSPACE/tests/.env.static
+# shellcheck source=./.env.static
+source "$VERSITYGW_TEST_ENV"
+export AWS_PROFILE AWS_REGION BUCKET_ONE_NAME BUCKET_TWO_NAME AWS_ENDPOINT_URL
+aws configure set aws_access_key_id "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
+aws configure set aws_secret_access_key "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+./tests/setup_static.sh
+"$HOME"/bin/bats ./tests/s3_bucket_tests.sh
+"$HOME"/bin/bats ./tests/posix_tests.sh
+./tests/teardown_static.sh
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diff --git a/tests/s3_bucket_tests.sh b/tests/s3_bucket_tests.sh
index f9fa584..1bb2c6a 100755
--- a/tests/s3_bucket_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/s3_bucket_tests.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,28 @@ source ./tests/util.sh
   delete_bucket_or_contents "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
 }
 
+# test ability to retrieve object ACLs
+#@test "test_get_object_acl" {
+
+#  object_one="test-file-one"
+
+#  setup_bucket "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME" || local created=$?
+#  [[ $created -eq 0 ]] || fail "Error creating bucket"
+#  create_test_files "$object_one" || local created=$?
+#  [[ $created -eq 0 ]] || fail "Error creating test file"
+#  put_object "$test_file_folder"/$object_one "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"/"$object_one"  || local result=$?
+#  [[ result -eq 0 ]] || fail "Error adding object one"
+
+#  get_object_acl "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME" "$object_one" || local result=$?
+#  [[ $result -eq 0 ]] || fail "Error retrieving acl"
+
+#  id=$(echo "$acl" | jq '.Owner.ID')
+#  [[ $id == '"'"$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"'"' ]] || fail "Acl mismatch"
+
+#  delete_bucket_or_contents "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
+#}
+
+
 # test ability to delete multiple objects from bucket
 @test "test_delete_objects" {
 
@@ -363,6 +385,7 @@ source ./tests/util.sh
     fi
   }
 
+  run_abort_command "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME" "$bucket_file" $upload_id
   delete_bucket_or_contents "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
   delete_test_files $bucket_file
 }
@@ -383,14 +406,11 @@ source ./tests/util.sh
 
   local key_one
   local key_two
+  echo $uploads
   key_one=$(echo "$uploads" | jq '.Uploads[0].Key')
   key_two=$(echo "$uploads" | jq '.Uploads[1].Key')
   key_one=${key_one//\"/}
   key_two=${key_two//\"/}
-  echo "$test_file_folder/${bucket_file_one}abc"
-  echo "${key_one}abc"
-  echo "Length of test_file_folder/bucket_file_one: ${#test_file_folder}/${#bucket_file_one}"
-  echo "Length of key_one: ${#key_one}"
   if [[ "$test_file_folder/$bucket_file_one" != *"$key_one" ]]; then
     fail "Key mismatch ($test_file_folder/$bucket_file_one, $key_one)"
   fi
@@ -401,3 +421,24 @@ source ./tests/util.sh
   delete_bucket_or_contents "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
   delete_test_files "$bucket_file_one" "$bucket_file_two"
 }
+
+@test "test-multipart-upload-from-bucket" {
+  local bucket_file="bucket-file"
+  bucket_file_data="test file\n"
+
+  create_test_files "$bucket_file" || local created=$?
+  printf "%s" "$bucket_file_data" > "$test_file_folder"/$bucket_file
+  [[ $created -eq 0 ]] || fail "Error creating test files"
+  setup_bucket "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME" || local result=$?
+  [[ $result -eq 0 ]] || fail "Failed to create bucket '$BUCKET_ONE_NAME'"
+
+  multipart_upload_from_bucket "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME" "$bucket_file" "$test_file_folder"/"$bucket_file" 4 || upload_result=$?
+  [[ $upload_result -eq 0 ]] || fail "Error performing multipart upload"
+
+  copy_file "s3://$BUCKET_ONE_NAME/$bucket_file-copy" "$test_file_folder/$bucket_file-copy"
+  copy_data=$(<"$test_file_folder"/$bucket_file-copy)
+  [[ $bucket_file_data == "$copy_data" ]] || fail "Data doesn't match"
+
+  delete_bucket_or_contents "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
+  delete_test_files $bucket_file
+}
diff --git a/tests/setup_static.sh b/tests/setup_static.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..33695e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/setup_static.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source ./tests/setup.sh
+setup
+aws s3 mb s3://"$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
+aws s3 mb s3://"$BUCKET_TWO_NAME"
+teardown
diff --git a/tests/teardown_static.sh b/tests/teardown_static.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..052d25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/teardown_static.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source ./tests/setup.sh
+setup
+aws s3 rb s3://"$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
+aws s3 rb s3://"$BUCKET_TWO_NAME"
+teardown
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diff --git a/tests/util.sh b/tests/util.sh
index 019d4e1..6a0bf56 100644
--- a/tests/util.sh
+++ b/tests/util.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ delete_bucket_contents() {
   local error
   error=$(aws s3 rm s3://"$1" --recursive 2>&1) || exit_code="$?"
   if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "error deleting bucket: $error"
+    echo "error deleting bucket contents: $error"
     return 1
   fi
   return 0
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ bucket_exists() {
     return 2
   fi
 
+  echo "checking bucket $1"
   local exit_code=0
   local error
   error=$(aws s3 ls s3://"$1" 2>&1) || exit_code="$?"
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ delete_bucket_or_contents() {
     echo "delete bucket or contents function requires bucket name"
     return 1
   fi
-  if [[ $RECREATE_BUCKETS != "true" ]]; then
+  if [[ $RECREATE_BUCKETS == "false" ]]; then
     delete_bucket_contents "$1" || local delete_result=$?
     if [[ $delete_result -ne 0 ]]; then
       echo "error deleting bucket contents"
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ setup_bucket() {
     echo "bucket creation function requires bucket name"
     return 1
   fi
+  echo "$1"
   local exists_result
   bucket_exists "$1" || exists_result=$?
   if [[ $exists_result -eq 2 ]]; then
@@ -153,8 +155,11 @@ setup_bucket() {
       echo "error deleting bucket or contents"
       return 1
     fi
+    if [[ $RECREATE_BUCKETS == "false" ]]; then
+      return 0
+    fi
   fi
-  if [[ $RECREATE_BUCKETS != "true" ]]; then
+  if [[ $exists_result -eq 1 ]] && [[ $RECREATE_BUCKETS == "false" ]]; then
     echo "When RECREATE_BUCKETS isn't set to \"true\", buckets should be pre-created by user"
     return 1
   fi
@@ -354,6 +359,23 @@ get_bucket_acl() {
   export acl
 }
 
+# get object acl
+# param:  object path
+# export acl for success, return 1 for error
+get_object_acl() {
+  if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "object ACL command missing object name"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  local exit_code=0
+  acl=$(aws s3api get-object-acl --bucket "$1" --key "$2" 2>&1) || exit_code="$?"
+  if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error getting object ACLs: $acl"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  export acl
+}
+
 # add tags to bucket
 # params:  bucket, key, value
 # return:  0 for success, 1 for error
@@ -545,23 +567,14 @@ upload_part() {
 # params:  bucket, key, file to split and upload, number of file parts to upload
 # return:  0 for success, 1 for failure
 multipart_upload_before_completion() {
-
   if [ $# -ne 4 ]; then
     echo "multipart upload pre-completion command missing bucket, key, file, and/or part count"
     return 1
   fi
 
-  file_size=$(stat -c %s "$3" 2>/dev/null || stat -f %z "$3" 2>/dev/null)
-  part_size=$((file_size / $4))
-  remainder=$((file_size % $4))
-  if [[ remainder -ne 0 ]]; then
-    part_size=$((part_size+1))
-  fi
-  local error
-  local split_result
-  error=$(split -a 1 -d -b "$part_size" "$3" "$3"-) || split_result=$?
+  split_file "$3" "$4" || split_result=$?
   if [[ $split_result -ne 0 ]]; then
-    echo "error splitting file: $error"
+    echo "error splitting file"
     return 1
   fi
 
@@ -592,7 +605,6 @@ multipart_upload_before_completion() {
 # params:  bucket, key, source file location, number of parts
 # return 0 for success, 1 for failure
 multipart_upload() {
-
   if [ $# -ne 4 ]; then
     echo "multipart upload command missing bucket, key, file, and/or part count"
     return 1
@@ -718,3 +730,88 @@ list_multipart_uploads() {
   export uploads
 }
 
+# perform a multi-part upload within bucket
+# params:  bucket, key, file, number of parts
+# return 0 for success, 1 for failure
+multipart_upload_from_bucket() {
+  if [ $# -ne 4 ]; then
+    echo "multipart upload from bucket command missing bucket, copy source, key, and/or part count"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  split_file "$3" "$4" || split_result=$?
+  if [[ $split_result -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "error splitting file"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  for ((i=0;i<$4;i++)) {
+    put_object "$3"-"$i" "$1" || put_result=$?
+    if [[ $put_result -ne 0 ]]; then
+      echo "error putting object"
+      return 1
+    fi
+  }
+
+  create_multipart_upload "$1" "$2-copy" || upload_result=$?
+  if [[ $upload_result -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "error running first multpart upload"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  parts="["
+  for ((i = 1; i <= $4; i++)); do
+    upload_part_copy "$1" "$2-copy" "$upload_id" "$2" "$i" || local upload_result=$?
+    if [[ $upload_result -ne 0 ]]; then
+      echo "error uploading part $i"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    parts+="{\"ETag\": $etag, \"PartNumber\": $i}"
+    if [[ $i -ne $4 ]]; then
+      parts+=","
+    fi
+  done
+  parts+="]"
+
+  error=$(aws s3api complete-multipart-upload --bucket "$1" --key "$2-copy" --upload-id "$upload_id" --multipart-upload '{"Parts": '"$parts"'}') || local completed=$?
+    if [[ $completed -ne 0 ]]; then
+      echo "Error completing upload: $error"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    return 0
+
+  parts+="]"
+}
+
+upload_part_copy() {
+  if [ $# -ne 5 ]; then
+    echo "upload multipart part copy function must have bucket, key, upload ID, file name, part number"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  local etag_json
+  etag_json=$(aws s3api upload-part-copy --bucket "$1" --key "$2" --upload-id "$3" --part-number "$5" --copy-source "$1/$4-$(($5-1))") || local uploaded=$?
+  if [[ $uploaded -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Error uploading part $5: $etag_json"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  etag=$(echo "$etag_json" | jq '.CopyPartResult.ETag')
+  export etag
+}
+
+split_file() {
+  file_size=$(stat -c %s "$1" 2>/dev/null || stat -f %z "$1" 2>/dev/null)
+  part_size=$((file_size / $2))
+  remainder=$((file_size % $2))
+  if [[ remainder -ne 0 ]]; then
+    part_size=$((part_size+1))
+  fi
+
+  local error
+  local split_result
+  error=$(split -a 1 -d -b "$part_size" "$1" "$1"-) || split_result=$?
+  if [[ $split_result -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "error splitting file: $error"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  return 0
+}
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