diff --git a/.github/workflows/eicshell.yml b/.github/workflows/eicshell.yml
index 8e318d1a0..2c8e8209a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eicshell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eicshell.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         platform-release: "jug_xl:nightly"
         run: |
           echo "--- Compiling EICrecon ---"
+          export JANA_HOME=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/jana_home
           git clone https://github.com/eic/EICrecon
           cd EICrecon
           cmake -S . -B build -DJANA_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/jana_home/lib/cmake/JANA
@@ -108,5 +109,7 @@ jobs:
         setup: "/opt/detector/epic-main/bin/thisepic.sh"
         run: |
           echo "--- Running EICrecon ---"
-          EICrecon/bin/eicrecon sim_e_1GeV_20GeV_craterlake.edm4hep.root
+          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$JANA_HOME:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+          ldd EICrecon/bin/eicrecon
+          valgrind EICrecon/bin/eicrecon sim_e_1GeV_20GeV_craterlake.edm4hep.root