diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 40aa9f2..b67c750 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
-      - name: Install Dependencies
-        run: pip install pre-commit
       - name: Run static checks
-        run: pre-commit run --all-files
+        uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
 
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -31,3 +29,13 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install pytest pytest-cov
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: pytest --cov .
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - static-checks
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: extractions/setup-just@v1
+      - name: Build image
+        run: just build
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index f1c433d..fa72391 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ set positional-arguments
 default:
   @just --list --unsorted
 
+# Create a .env file if it doesn't exist
+env:
+    @([ ! -f .env ] && touch .env) || true
+
 # Build the containers
-build:
+build: env
 	{{ DC }} build
 
 # Spin up all (or one) service