diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 10869bb10665bb8827ed89b7c4114970f8a56641..e4e2ad0978417ff9ab4316a6c0529df636e5a01e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -119,3 +119,5 @@ jobs:
         run: cd frontends/sdl && cargo build
       - name: Build release version
         run: cd frontends/sdl && cargo build --release
+      - name: Run release version
+        run: cd frontends/sdl && cargo run --release -- --headless --cycles 10000000