diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3716256..c665d14 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <mysql-connector.version>8.4.0</mysql-connector.version>
         <okhttp.version>4.12.0</okhttp.version>
         <protobuf.version>4.27.2</protobuf.version>
-        <testcontainers.version>1.19.8</testcontainers.version>
+        <testcontainers.version>1.20.0</testcontainers.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/eigr/spawn/api/Spawn.java b/src/main/java/io/eigr/spawn/api/Spawn.java
index a034ba4..47d2e41 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/eigr/spawn/api/Spawn.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/eigr/spawn/api/Spawn.java
@@ -219,7 +219,10 @@ private Map<String, ActorOuterClass.Actor> getActors(List<Entity> entities) {
 
             Map<String, String> tags = new HashMap<>();
             ActorOuterClass.Metadata metadata = ActorOuterClass.Metadata.newBuilder()
-                    .setChannelGroup(actorEntity.getChannel()).putAllTags(tags)
+                    .addChannelGroup(ActorOuterClass.Channel.newBuilder()
+                                    .setTopic(actorEntity.getChannel())
+                                    .build())
+                    .putAllTags(tags)
                     .build();
 
             return ActorOuterClass.Actor.newBuilder()
diff --git a/src/main/proto/eigr/functions/protocol/actors/actor.proto b/src/main/proto/eigr/functions/protocol/actors/actor.proto
index 10df44c..5e3aa71 100644
--- a/src/main/proto/eigr/functions/protocol/actors/actor.proto
+++ b/src/main/proto/eigr/functions/protocol/actors/actor.proto
@@ -70,11 +70,19 @@ message ActorState {
 message Metadata {
     // A channel group represents a way to send actions to various actors 
     // that belong to a certain semantic group.
-    string channel_group = 1;
+    repeated Channel channel_group = 1;
 
     map<string, string> tags = 2;
 }
 
+// Represents a Pub-Sub binding, where a actor can be subscribed to a channel
+// and map a specific action to a specific topic if necessary
+// if the action is not informed, the default action will be "receive".
+message Channel {
+    string topic = 1;
+    string action = 2;
+}
+
 // The type that defines the runtime characteristics of the Actor.
 // Regardless of the type of actor it is important that 
 // all actors are registered during the proxy and host initialization phase.
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/eigr/spawn/AbstractContainerBaseTest.java b/src/test/java/io/eigr/spawn/AbstractContainerBaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6d33b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/eigr/spawn/AbstractContainerBaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package io.eigr.spawn;
+
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.HostConfig;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.PortBinding;
+import io.eigr.spawn.api.Spawn;
+import io.eigr.spawn.api.TransportOpts;
+import io.eigr.spawn.api.exceptions.SpawnException;
+import io.eigr.spawn.api.extensions.DependencyInjector;
+import io.eigr.spawn.api.extensions.SimpleDependencyInjector;
+import io.eigr.spawn.test.actors.ActorWithConstructor;
+import io.eigr.spawn.test.actors.JoeActor;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.testcontainers.Testcontainers;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
+
+abstract class AbstractContainerBaseTest {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractContainerBaseTest.class);
+    private static final GenericContainer<?> SPAWN_CONTAINER;
+    private static final String spawnProxyImage = "eigr/spawn-proxy:1.4.1-rc.1";
+    private static final String userFunctionPort = "8091";
+    private static final String spawnProxyPort = "9004";
+    protected static final Spawn spawnSystem;
+    protected static final String spawnSystemName = "spawn-system-test";
+
+    static {
+        Testcontainers.exposeHostPorts(8091);
+
+        SPAWN_CONTAINER = new GenericContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse(spawnProxyImage))
+                .withCreateContainerCmdModifier(e -> e.withHostConfig(HostConfig.newHostConfig()
+                        .withPortBindings(PortBinding.parse("9004:9004"))))
+               // .withEnv("TZ", "America/Fortaleza")
+                .withEnv("SPAWN_PROXY_LOGGER_LEVEL", "DEBUG")
+                .withEnv("SPAWN_STATESTORE_KEY", "3Jnb0hZiHIzHTOih7t2cTEPEpY98Tu1wvQkPfq/XwqE=")
+                .withEnv("PROXY_ACTOR_SYSTEM_NAME", spawnSystemName)
+                .withEnv("PROXY_DATABASE_TYPE", "native")
+                .withEnv("PROXY_DATABASE_DATA_DIR", "mnesia_data")
+                .withEnv("NODE_COOKIE", "cookie-9ce3712b0c3ee21b582c30f942c0d4da-HLuZyQzy+nt0p0r/PVVFTp2tqfLom5igrdmwkYSuO+Q=")
+                .withEnv("POD_NAMESPACE", spawnSystemName)
+                .withEnv("POD_IP", spawnSystemName)
+                .withEnv("PROXY_HTTP_PORT", spawnProxyPort)
+                .withEnv("USER_FUNCTION_PORT", userFunctionPort)
+                .withEnv("USER_FUNCTION_HOST", "host.docker.internal") // Docker
+                .withExtraHost("host.docker.internal", "host-gateway") // Docker
+//                .withEnv("USER_FUNCTION_HOST", "host.containers.internal") // Podman
+//                .withExtraHost("host.containers.internal", "host-gateway") // Podman
+                .withExposedPorts(9004);
+        SPAWN_CONTAINER.start();
+
+        DependencyInjector injector = SimpleDependencyInjector.createInjector();
+        injector.bind(String.class, "Hello with Constructor");
+
+        spawnSystem = new Spawn.SpawnSystem()
+                .create(spawnSystemName)
+                .withActor(JoeActor.class)
+                .withActor(ActorWithConstructor.class, injector, arg -> new ActorWithConstructor((DependencyInjector) arg))
+                .withTerminationGracePeriodSeconds(5)
+                .withTransportOptions(TransportOpts.builder()
+                        .port(8091)
+                        .proxyPort(9004)
+                        .build())
+                .build();
+
+        try {
+            spawnSystem.start();
+        } catch (SpawnException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        log.info(String.format("%s started", spawnSystemName));
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/eigr/spawn/ContainerTest.java b/src/test/java/io/eigr/spawn/ContainerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6440e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/eigr/spawn/ContainerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package io.eigr.spawn;
+
+import io.eigr.spawn.api.ActorIdentity;
+import io.eigr.spawn.api.ActorRef;
+import io.eigr.spawn.api.exceptions.SpawnException;
+import io.eigr.spawn.java.test.domain.Actor;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+public final class ContainerTest extends AbstractContainerBaseTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testApp() throws SpawnException {
+        ActorRef joeActor = spawnSystem.createActorRef(
+                ActorIdentity.of(spawnSystemName, "test_joe"));
+
+        Actor.Request msg = Actor.Request.newBuilder()
+                .setLanguage("erlang")
+                .build();
+
+        Optional<Actor.Reply> maybeReply =
+                joeActor.invoke("setLanguage", msg, Actor.Reply.class);
+
+        if (maybeReply.isPresent()) {
+            Actor.Reply reply = maybeReply.get();
+            assertNotNull(reply);
+            assertEquals("Hello From Java", reply.getResponse());
+        } else {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Error");
+        }
+
+    }
+}