diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4e9de92..4d18405 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ on:
 
 env:
   IMAGE: git.greboh.dev/greboh/hearth-api
+  DOTNET_NOLOGO: true
+  DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: true
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -31,7 +33,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
         with:
           dotnet-version: 10.0.x
-      - run: dotnet build Hearth.slnx -c Release
+      # Hearth.Api references every module, so this compiles everything that ships.
+      # The AppHost (local dev only) is skipped: its Aspire packages are hundreds of MB per restore.
+      # Restore logs at normal verbosity so every package download shows up.
+      - run: dotnet restore Hosts/Hearth.Api/Hearth.Api.csproj -v normal
+      - run: dotnet build Hosts/Hearth.Api/Hearth.Api.csproj -c Release --no-restore
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           mapfile -t projects < <(git ls-files '*Tests.csproj')