diff --git a/yarn-project/package.json b/yarn-project/package.json
index 041dcde0235..9769892147b 100644
--- a/yarn-project/package.json
+++ b/yarn-project/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "prepare": "node ./yarn-project-base/scripts/update_package_jsons.mjs && yarn workspaces foreach run prepare && workspaces-to-typescript-project-references --tsconfigPath tsconfig.json && prettier -w */tsconfig.json",
     "prepare:check": "node ./yarn-project-base/scripts/update_package_jsons.mjs --check && workspaces-to-typescript-project-references --check --tsconfigPath tsconfig.json",
     "docs": "typedoc --out docs/dist && cd docs && yarn serve",
-    "formatting": "FORCE_COLOR=true yarn workspaces foreach -p -j unlimited -v run formatting",
+    "formatting": "./run_nargo_fmt.sh --check && FORCE_COLOR=true yarn workspaces foreach -p -j unlimited -v run formatting",
     "formatting:fix": "./run_nargo_fmt.sh && FORCE_COLOR=true yarn workspaces foreach -p -v run formatting:fix",
     "lint": "yarn eslint --cache --ignore-pattern l1-artifacts .",
     "format": "yarn prettier --cache -w .",
diff --git a/yarn-project/run_nargo_fmt.sh b/yarn-project/run_nargo_fmt.sh
index 253b53e7ede..03642a32a23 100755
--- a/yarn-project/run_nargo_fmt.sh
+++ b/yarn-project/run_nargo_fmt.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-nargo_executable="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/noir/target/release/nargo"
+# Note: This script formats the files multiple times when the given project is included in a workspace.
+#       Tackling this became a time sink, so I decided to leave it as is for now.
+
+set -eu
+
+# We set the executable path as if we were in CI
+nargo_executable="/usr/src/noir/target/release/nargo"
+
+# Check if nargo_executable exists and is executable
+if [ ! -x "$nargo_executable" ]; then
+    # If not, we try to set a nargo path as if the script was run locally
+    nargo_executable="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/noir/target/release/nargo"
+
+    if [ ! -x "$nargo_executable" ]; then
+        echo "Error: nargo executable not found"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
 
 # Find all Nargo.toml files and run 'nargo fmt'
 find . -name "Nargo.toml" | while read -r file; do