diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index ed58270..fd44a53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
             build-mode: none
           - language: javascript-typescript
             build-mode: none
+          - language: rust
+            build-mode: none
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
@@ -40,8 +42,31 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: .node-version
           cache: "pnpm"
 
+      - name: Setup Rust
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@b3b07ba8b418998c39fb20f53e8b695cdcc8de1b #master
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+          targets: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
       - name: Install dependencies from lockfile
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+        
+      - name: Install rust dependencies
+        working-directory: ./src-tauri
+        run: |
+          cargo build
+        
+      - name: Build nodecar sidecar
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ./nodecar
+        run: |
+          pnpm run build:linux-x64
+
+      - name: Copy nodecar binary to Tauri binaries
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p src-tauri/binaries
+          cp nodecar/dist/nodecar src-tauri/binaries/nodecar-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@b1e4dc3db58c9601794e22a9f6d28d45461b9dbf #v3.29.0
@@ -50,11 +75,6 @@ jobs:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
           build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
 
-      - if: matrix.build-mode == 'manual'
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          pnpm run build
-
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
         uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@b1e4dc3db58c9601794e22a9f6d28d45461b9dbf #v3.29.0
         with: