diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 433ba0b6..dd23f44b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install build-essential ffmpeg protobuf-compiler ccache upx-ucl gawk
           sudo apt-get install -qy binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-aarch64-linux-gnu libgmock-dev
+          make install-go-tools
       - name: Install CUDA Dependencies
         run: |
           curl -O https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/cross-linux-aarch64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y wget curl build-essential ffmpeg protobuf-compiler ccache upx-ucl gawk cmake libgmock-dev
+          make install-go-tools
       - name: Intel Dependencies
         run: |
           wget -O- https://apt.repos.intel.com/intel-gpg-keys/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS.PUB | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/oneapi-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
@@ -253,8 +255,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Dependencies
         run: |
           brew install protobuf grpc
-          go install google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@8ba23be9613c672d40ae261d2a1335d639bdd59b
-          go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@v1.34.0
+          make install-go-tools
       - name: Build
         id: build
         run: |
@@ -295,8 +296,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Dependencies
         run: |
           brew install protobuf grpc libomp llvm
-          go install google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@1958fcbe2ca8bd93af633f11e97d44e567e945af
-          go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@v1.34.2
+          make install-go-tools
       - name: Build
         id: build
         run: |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fbdfe285..6eca7ba5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -337,8 +337,14 @@ clean-tests:
 clean-dc: clean
 	cp -r /build/backend-assets /workspace/backend-assets
 
+## Install Go tools
+install-go-tools:
+	go install google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@1958fcbe2ca8bd93af633f11e97d44e567e945af
+	go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@v1.34.2
+	go install github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice/rice@latest
+
 ## Build:
-build: prepare backend-assets grpcs ## Build the project
+build: prepare backend-assets grpcs install-go-tools ## Build the project
 	$(info ${GREEN}I local-ai build info:${RESET})
 	$(info ${GREEN}I BUILD_TYPE: ${YELLOW}$(BUILD_TYPE)${RESET})
 	$(info ${GREEN}I GO_TAGS: ${YELLOW}$(GO_TAGS)${RESET})
@@ -422,10 +428,12 @@ prepare-test: grpcs
 	cp tests/models_fixtures/* test-models
 
 ## Build test binary
-test-binary: prepare-test
+test-binary: prepare-test install-go-tools
 	export GO_TAGS="tts debug"
-	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" $(GOCMD) test -c -o test-binary ./...
-	rice append --exec test-binary
+	mkdir -p $(TEST_DIR)
+	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" $(GOCMD) test -c -o $(TEST_DIR)/test-binary ./...
+	rice append --exec $(TEST_DIR)/test-binary
+	cp $(TEST_DIR)/test-binary ./test-binary
 
 ## Test targets
 test: prepare test-models/testmodel.ggml test-binary
@@ -504,7 +512,7 @@ protogen: protogen-go protogen-python
 protogen-clean: protogen-go-clean protogen-python-clean
 
 .PHONY: protogen-go
-protogen-go:
+protogen-go: install-go-tools
 	mkdir -p pkg/grpc/proto
 	protoc --experimental_allow_proto3_optional -Ibackend/ --go_out=pkg/grpc/proto/ --go_opt=paths=source_relative --go-grpc_out=pkg/grpc/proto/ --go-grpc_opt=paths=source_relative \
     backend/backend.proto