diff --git a/.github/workflows/connect.yml b/.github/workflows/connect.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..292fee7482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/connect.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Nym Connect (rust)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'explorer/**'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: [ self-hosted, custom-linux ]
+    env:
+      RUSTC_WRAPPER: /home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin/sccache
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Dependencies (Linux)
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev squashfs-tools libayatana-appindicator3-dev
+
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Install rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      - name: Build all binaries
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --manifest-path nym-connect/Cargo.toml --workspace
+
+      - name: Run all tests
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --manifest-path nym-connect/Cargo.toml --workspace
+
+      - name: Check formatting
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --manifest-path nym-connect/Cargo.toml --all -- --check
+
+      - uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
+        name: Clippy checks
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          args: --manifest-path nym-connect/Cargo.toml --workspace --all-features
+
+      - name: Run clippy
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: --manifest-path nym-connect/Cargo.toml --workspace --all-features -- -D warnings
diff --git a/nym-connect/dist/.gitkeep b/nym-connect/dist/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs b/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
index e807bc9515..b2dfb2840f 100644
--- a/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ pub async fn init_socks5(provider_address: &str, chosen_gateway_id: Option<&str>
     .await;
 
     info!("Setting gateway endpoint");
-    config.get_base_mut().with_gateway_endpoint(gateway_details.into());
+    config
+        .get_base_mut()
+        .with_gateway_endpoint(gateway_details.into());
 
     info!("Insert gateway shared key");
     key_manager.insert_gateway_shared_key(shared_keys);