diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-strand-cam-offline-checkerboards.yml b/.github/workflows/build-strand-cam-offline-checkerboards.yml
index 00f45a250..65b5ad5c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-strand-cam-offline-checkerboards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-strand-cam-offline-checkerboards.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Show shared libraries required
         run: |
           ldd ${{ github.workspace }}/target/release/strand-cam-offline-checkerboards
+      - name: Test executable on sample data
+        run: |
+          curl -O http://strawlab-cdn.com/assets/checkerboard_debug_20240222_164128.zip
+          unzip checkerboard_debug_20240222_164128.zip
+          ${{ github.workspace }}/target/release/strand-cam-offline-checkerboards checkerboard_debug_20240222_164128 18 8
+          cat checkerboard_debug_20240222_164128.yaml
       - name: Create release directory
         run: |
           mkdir ${{ github.workspace }}/strand-cam-offline-checkerboards-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.runs-on }}-${{ runner.arch }}