diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_sanitized.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_sanitized.yml
index 8a738aab0c..d78ce81f84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_sanitized.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_sanitized.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install --quiet -y libfreetype6-dev  libxi-dev libxcursor-dev libgl-dev
           sudo apt-get install clang
       - name: Build V
-        run: make -j4 && ./v -cg -cstrict -o v cmd/v && ./v test-cleancode
+        run: make && ./v -cg -cstrict -o v cmd/v
+      - name: Ensure code is well formatted
+        run: ./v test-cleancode
       - name: Self tests (-fsanitize=undefined)
         run: ./v -cflags "-fsanitize=undefined" -o v2 cmd/v && ./v2 -cflags -fsanitize=undefined test-self
       - name: Build examples (V compiled with -fsanitize=undefined)
@@ -115,7 +117,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install --quiet -y postgresql libpq-dev libssl-dev sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev valgrind
           sudo apt-get install --quiet -y libfreetype6-dev  libxi-dev libxcursor-dev libgl-dev
       - name: Build V
-        run: make -j4 && ./v -cg -cstrict -o v cmd/v && ./v test-cleancode
+        run: make && ./v -cg -cstrict -o v cmd/v
+      - name: Ensure code is well formatted
+        run: ./v test-cleancode
       - name: Self tests (-fsanitize=undefined)
         run: ./v -cflags "-fsanitize=undefined" -o v2 cmd/v && ./v2 -cflags -fsanitize=undefined test-self
       - name: Build examples (V compiled with -fsanitize=undefined)
@@ -140,7 +144,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install --quiet -y libfreetype6-dev  libxi-dev libxcursor-dev libgl-dev
           sudo apt-get install clang
       - name: Build V
-        run: make -j4 && ./v -cg -cstrict -o v cmd/v && ./v test-cleancode
+        run: make && ./v -cg -cstrict -o v cmd/v
+      - name: Ensure code is well formatted
+        run: ./v test-cleancode
       - name: Self tests (-fsanitize=address)
         run: ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0 ./v -cflags "-fsanitize=address,pointer-compare,pointer-subtract" test-self
       - name: Self tests (V compiled with -fsanitize=address)
@@ -168,7 +174,11 @@ jobs:
           echo $VFLAGS
           .\make.bat -msvc
           .\v.exe self
-          .\v.exe test-cleancode
+      - name: Ensure code is well formatted
+        run: |
+          .\v.exe fmt -verify vlib/builtin/ vlib/v/scanner/ vlib/v/parser/ vlib/v/gen/
+      ## TODO: check to see why `v test-cleancode` does not work with msvc on windows
+
       ##      - name: Install dependencies
       ##        run: |
       ##          .\v.exe setup-freetype
@@ -196,7 +206,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install --quiet -y libfreetype6-dev  libxi-dev libxcursor-dev libgl-dev
           sudo apt-get install clang
       - name: Build V
-        run: make -j4 && ./v -cg -cstrict -o v cmd/v && ./v test-cleancode
+        run: make && ./v -cg -cstrict -o v cmd/v
+      - name: Ensure code is well formatted
+        run: ./v test-cleancode
       - name: Self tests (-fsanitize=address)
         run: ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0 ./v -cflags -fsanitize=address test-self
       - name: Self tests (V compiled with -fsanitize=address)
@@ -225,11 +237,14 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install --quiet -y libfreetype6-dev  libxi-dev libxcursor-dev libgl-dev
           sudo apt-get install clang
       - name: Build V
-        run: make -j4 && ./v -cc clang -cg -cstrict -o v cmd/v && ./v test-cleancode
+        run: make && ./v -cc clang -cg -cstrict -o v cmd/v
+      - name: Ensure code is well formatted
+        run: ./v test-cleancode
       - name: Self tests (-fsanitize=memory)
         run: ./v -cflags -fsanitize=memory test-self
       - name: Self tests (V compiled with -fsanitize=memory)
-        run:
-          ./v -cflags -fsanitize=memory -o v cmd/v && ./v -cc tcc test-self -msan-compiler
+        run: |
+          ./v -cflags -fsanitize=memory -o v cmd/v
+          ./v -cc tcc test-self -msan-compiler
       - name: Build examples (V compiled with -fsanitize=memory)
         run: ./v build-examples