diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index babba67..1943fa9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ jobs:
           go-version: '${{ env.GO_VERSION }}'
       - name: run unit tests
         run: cargo test --bin lndk 
+      - name: run cli unit tests
+        run: cargo test --bin lndk-cli
       - name: run integration tests
         run: make itest