diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ed7cda72e..1a1a14122 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
       with:
         command: build
-        args: -p deltachat_ffi
+        args: -p deltachat_ffi --features jsonrpc
 
     - name: run python tests
       if: ${{ matrix.python }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jsonrpc_api.yml b/.github/workflows/jsonrpc_api.yml
index 066d259aa..a4ec09d88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jsonrpc_api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jsonrpc_api.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ jobs:
           npm run build
           cargo build --features webserver
           npm run test
+        env:
+          DCC_NEW_TMP_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.DCC_NEW_TMP_EMAIL }}
       - name: run prettier
         run: |
           cd deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript