diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
index 237b8135ec..37d13d09af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ jobs:
           restore-prefixes-first-match: nix-${{ runner.os }}-
           backend: buildjet
 
+      - name: Load rust cache
+        uses: astriaorg/buildjet-rust-cache@v2.5.1
+
       # Confirm that the nix devshell is buildable and runs at all.
       - name: validate nix env
         run: nix develop --command echo hello
diff --git a/crates/bin/pmonitor/Cargo.toml b/crates/bin/pmonitor/Cargo.toml
index 6d1fe75c8f..71612426ba 100644
--- a/crates/bin/pmonitor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bin/pmonitor/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ colored = "2.1.0"
 directories = {workspace = true}
 futures = {workspace = true}
 indicatif = {workspace = true}
-pcli = { path = "../pcli" }
+pcli = {path = "../pcli", default-features = true}
 penumbra-app = {workspace = true}
 penumbra-asset = {workspace = true, default-features = false}
 penumbra-compact-block = {workspace = true, default-features = false}
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 4ecc0e9d79..1a8da7d660 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ default:
 # Run integration tests for pmonitor tool
 test-pmonitor:
   # warm cache
-  cargo build --release --bin pd
-  cargo run --release --bin pd -- network unsafe-reset-all || true
+  cargo -q run --release --bin pd -- network unsafe-reset-all || true
   rm -rf /tmp/pmonitor-integration-test
-  cargo nextest run -p pmonitor --run-ignored=ignored-only --test-threads 1
+  # cargo nextest run -p pmonitor --run-ignored=ignored-only --test-threads 1
+  cargo test -p pmonitor -- --ignored --test-threads 1 --nocapture
 
 # Creates and runs a local devnet with solo validator. Includes ancillary services
 # like metrics, postgres for storing ABCI events, and pindexer for munging those events.