diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index 68a95ec32..8506bb408 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -643,39 +643,52 @@ function gg_sum_rerank_tiny {
 
 function gg_check_build_requirements {
     if ! command -v git &> /dev/null; then
-        gg_printf 'git not found, please install'
+        gg_printf 'git not found, please install\n'
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     if ! command -v git-lfs &> /dev/null; then
-        gg_printf 'git-lfs not found, please install'
+        gg_printf 'git-lfs not found, please install\n'
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if ! git config --get filter.lfs.clean &> /dev/null; then
+        gg_printf 'git-lfs not initialized, please run `git lfs install`\n'
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     if ! command -v wget &> /dev/null; then
-        gg_printf 'wget not found, please install'
+        gg_printf 'wget not found, please install\n'
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     if ! command -v python3 &> /dev/null; then
-        gg_printf 'python3 not found, please install'
+        gg_printf 'python3 not found, please install\n'
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     if ! command -v pip3 &> /dev/null; then
-        gg_printf 'pip3 not found, please install'
+        gg_printf 'pip3 not found, please install\n'
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     if ! python3 -m ensurepip --help &> /dev/null; then
-        gg_printf 'ensurepip not found, please install python3-venv package'
+        gg_printf 'ensurepip not found, please install python3-venv package\n'
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     if ! command -v cmake &> /dev/null; then
-        gg_printf 'cmake not found, please install'
+        gg_printf 'cmake not found, please install\n'
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     if ! command -v ccache &> /dev/null; then
-        gg_printf 'ccache not found, please consider installing for faster builds'
+        gg_printf 'ccache not found, please consider installing for faster builds\n'
     fi
 
     if ! command -v ctest &> /dev/null; then
-        gg_printf 'ctest not found, please install'
+        gg_printf 'ctest not found, please install\n'
+        exit 1
     fi
 }