diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix.yml b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
index cfd6a991..f2e7dd6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ jobs:
           name: zellij
           # If you chose API tokens for write access OR if you have a private cache
           authToken: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
-      - run: nix build
+      - run: |
+          nix build || nix build --substituters 'https://cache.nixos.org' --extra-substituters ''