diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 187bbfa..e33a141 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,37 @@ jobs:
         with:
           state-name: cloud-pods-test
           state-action: save
-          no-startup: 'true'
+          skip-startup: 'true'
         env:
           LOCALSTACK_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LOCALSTACK_API_KEY }}
+
+  local-state-test:
+    name: 'Test Local State Action'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: ⚡️ Checkout the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Start LocalStack
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          image-tag: 'latest'
+          install-awslocal: 'true'
+          use-pro: 'true'
+        env:
+          LOCALSTACK_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LOCALSTACK_API_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Run AWS commands
+        run: |
+          awslocal s3 mb s3://test
+          awslocal sqs create-queue --queue-name test-queue
+
+      - name: Save the State into Artifact
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          state-name: state-test
+          state-action: save
+          state-backend: local
+          skip-startup: 'true'
+        env:
+          LOCALSTACK_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LOCALSTACK_API_KEY }}
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diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 26ab48d..8968110 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ inputs:
       Defaults to `` (empty) -> don't manage state
     required: false
     default: ''
-  state-local:
+  state-backend:
     description: |
       Either store the state of LocalStack locally or as a cloud pod.
       Valid values are `cloud-pods` or `local`.
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ runs:
       env:
         action-version: ${{ fromJSON(format('["{0}","{1}"]', github.ref_name, github.head_ref))[github.event_name == 'pull_request'] }}
       with:
-        uses: LocalStack/setup-localstack/${{ inputs.state-local }}@${{ env.action-version }}
+        uses: LocalStack/setup-localstack/${{ inputs.state-backend }}@${{ env.action-version }}
         with: |-
           {
             "name": "${{ inputs.state-name }}",
diff --git a/local/action.yml b/local/action.yml
index 3afd5b9..5984f34 100644
--- a/local/action.yml
+++ b/local/action.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ runs:
     - run: |
         if [ "$ACTION" = "save" ]; then
           echo "Saving State $NAME"
-          localstack state export $NAME
+          localstack state export ${NAME}.zip
         elif [ "$ACTION" = "load" ]; then
           echo "Loading State $NAME"
-          localstack state import $NAME
+          localstack state import ${NAME}.zip
         else
           echo "Invalid action: $ACTION"
           exit 1