diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1d3127deea..77b792799c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -112,6 +112,19 @@ jobs:
             export LEO=/home/circleci/project/project/bin/leo
             ./project/.circleci/leo-add-remove.sh
 
+  leo-setup:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/rust:1.50.0
+    resource_class: xlarge
+    steps:
+      - attach_workspace:
+          at: /home/circleci/project/
+      - run:
+          name: leo setup
+          command: |
+            export LEO=/home/circleci/project/project/bin/leo
+            ./project/.circleci/leo-setup.sh
+
 workflows:
   version: 2
   main-workflow:
@@ -129,3 +142,6 @@ workflows:
       - leo-add-remove:
           requires:
             - rust-stable
+      - leo-setup:
+          requires:
+            - rust-stable
diff --git a/.circleci/leo-setup.sh b/.circleci/leo-setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a387a10d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/leo-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# leo setup
+
+cd examples/pedersen-hash || exit 1
+$LEO setup
+$LEO setup
+$LEO setup --skip-key-check
+$LEO clean