diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 19647282b4687c9b5fddbcfce8c9194fa96b2e89..ec30b48dbffb7cd29fe66e1974b8842508fccc5b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ jobs:
               --no-haddock-deps"
             nix-shell shell.nix --run "$BUILD"
 
+      - run:
+          name: "Building with Nix"
+          command: |
+            nix-build ./nix/ -A PaymentServer.components.exes."PaymentServer-exe"
+
       - save_cache:
           name: "Cache Nix Store Paths"
           key: paymentserver-nix-store-v1-{{ checksum "nixpkgs.rev" }}-{{ checksum "ristretto.nix" }}