diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1890e07..1505e49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ jobs:
           authToken: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN_PUBLIC }}'
 
       - name: Run linters and unit tests the Nix way
-        run: nix flake check
+        run: |
+          nix flake check
+          nix run .#impure-checks
 
   impure_tests:
     name: Impure Tests
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8b423be..bdb4580 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ tesh:
 
 .PHONY: examples
 examples:
-	@echo "You need nix-shell to run 'make examples'"
+	@tesh examples/
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: tests
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 96a484e..0415e23 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         inputs.pre-commit-hooks-nix.flakeModule
       ];
       systems = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-darwin" ];
-      perSystem = { config, self', inputs', pkgs, system, ... }:
+      perSystem = { config, self', inputs', pkgs, system, lib, ... }:
 
         let
           autoflake = pkgs.python3Packages.autoflake.overrideAttrs (old: {
@@ -87,12 +87,22 @@
             testEnv = inputs.poetry2nix.legacyPackages.${system}.mkPoetryEnv {
               projectDir = ./.;
               preferWheels = true;
-              # editablePackageSources = {
-              #   src = ./src;
-              # };
             };
+
+            impure-checks = pkgs.writeScriptBin "impure-checks" ''
+              export PATH="${lib.makeBinPath [
+                pkgs.coreutils
+                pkgs.gnumake
+                pkgs.bash
+                pkgs.nix
+                self'.packages.testEnv
+              ]}"
+              make examples
+            '';
           };
 
+          # 'make lint' not needed since pre-commit is run by pre-commit flake-part
+          # 'make examples' is an impure test so it's done in `impure-checks`
           checks.tests = pkgs.runCommand "tests" {
             buildInputs = self'.devShells.default.buildInputs;
           } ''
@@ -100,11 +110,9 @@
             chmod +w -R ./source
             cd ./source
             export PYTHONPATH="$(realpath ./src)"
-            # make lint -> not needed since we already have pre-commit checks defined above
             make types
             make unit
             make tesh
-            # make examples -> doesn't work because we can't run `nix-shell` inside nix flake check
             cp -r htmlcov $out/
           '';