diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index d9d73b4e..6193b327 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -34,16 +34,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install dist
-        # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
-        # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
-        shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.27.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           cd server
-          ./bt install
+          ./bt install --dev
           ./bt check
diff --git a/builder/Cargo.toml b/builder/Cargo.toml
index a4440de2..48bb795d 100644
--- a/builder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/builder/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.19", features = ["derive"] }
 cmd_lib = "1.9.5"
-current_platform = "0.2.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+current_platform = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/builder/src/main.rs b/builder/src/main.rs
index 70b40fb6..6831c0b4 100644
--- a/builder/src/main.rs
+++ b/builder/src/main.rs
@@ -200,10 +200,9 @@ fn quick_copy_dir<P: AsRef<OsStr>>(
     println!("{:#?}", &copy_process);
 
     // Check for errors.
-    let exit_status = match copy_process.status() {
-        Ok(es) => es,
-        Err(err) => return Err(format!("Error running copy process: {err}").into()),
-    };
+    let exit_status = copy_process
+        .status()
+        .map_err(|err| -> String { format!("Error running copy process: {err}") })?;
     let exit_code = exit_status
         .code()
         .expect("Copy process terminated by signal");
@@ -291,9 +290,13 @@ fn run_install(dev: bool) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         cargo fetch;
     )?;
     if dev {
+        // If the dist install reports an error, perhaps it's already installed.
+        if run_cmd!(cargo install --locked cargo-dist;).is_err() {
+            run_cmd!(dist --version;)?;
+        }
         run_cmd!(
             cargo install --locked cargo-outdated;
-            cargo install --locked cargo-dist;
+            cargo install cargo-sort;
         )?;
     }
     Ok(())
@@ -318,6 +321,22 @@ fn run_update() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 }
 
 fn run_check() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    // On Windows, `cargo sort --check` fails since it default to LF, not CRLF,
+    // line endings. Work around this by changing this setting only on Windows.
+    // See the
+    // [cargo sort config docs](https://github.com/DevinR528/cargo-sort?tab=readme-ov-file#config)
+    // and the
+    // [related issue](https://github.com/DevinR528/cargo-sort/issues/85).
+    //
+    // However, this still fails: `cargo sort` uses
+    // [inconsistent line endings](https://github.com/DevinR528/cargo-sort/issues/86).
+    /***
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        fs::write("tomlfmt.toml", "crlf = true")
+            .map_err(|err| -> String { format!("Unable to write tomlfmt.toml: {err}") })?;
+    }
+     */
     // The `-D warnings` flag causes clippy to return a non-zero exit status if
     // it issues warnings.
     run_cmd!(
@@ -326,6 +345,14 @@ fn run_check() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         cargo clippy --all-targets --manifest-path=../builder/Cargo.toml -- -D warnings;
         cargo fmt --check --manifest-path=../builder/Cargo.toml;
     )?;
+    // `cargo sort` produces false positives under Windows. Ignore for now. See
+    // the above comments. It also doesn't support the
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    run_cmd!(
+        cargo sort --check;
+        cd ../builder;
+        cargo sort --check;
+    )?;
     run_build()?;
     // Verify that compiling for release produces no errors.
     run_cmd!(dist build;)?;
@@ -351,7 +378,7 @@ fn run_build() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 fn run_prerelease() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     // Clean out all bundled files before the rebuild.
     remove_dir_all_if_exists("../client/static/bundled")?;
-    run_install(false)?;
+    run_install(true)?;
     run_script("npm", &["run", "dist"], "../client", true)?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/server/dist-workspace.toml b/server/dist-workspace.toml
index 74de10bc..cb20bdc1 100644
--- a/server/dist-workspace.toml
+++ b/server/dist-workspace.toml
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-
 ci = "github"
 # Skip checking whether the specified configuration files are up to date
 allow-dirty = ["ci"]
+# Which actions to run on pull requests
+pr-run-mode = "upload"