diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-join-mainnet.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-join-mainnet.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..041349e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-join-mainnet.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: join mainnet nightly
+# Nightly action that tests joining mainnet as a full node.
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 1 * * 1-5" # Weekdays at 1am UTC
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  join:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: 'stable'
+
+      - name: Build binaries
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v5
+        with:
+          version: 2
+          args: release -f .goreleaser-snapshot.yaml --snapshot --clean --skip=archive
+
+      - name: Build halovisor image
+        run: scripts/halovisor/build.sh "${GITHUB_SHA::7}"
+
+      - name: Run join test
+        run: |
+          cd scripts/join
+          go test . -v --network=mainnet --integration --logs_file=docker_logs.txt -timeout 0
+
+      - name: Upload docker logs
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: failed-logs
+          path: scripts/join/docker_logs.txt
+          retention-days: 3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-join.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-join-omega.yml
similarity index 84%
rename from .github/workflows/ci-join.yml
rename to .github/workflows/ci-join-omega.yml
index 386cc5925..8fc55deee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-join.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-join-omega.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 name: join omega nightly
 # Nightly action that tests joining omega as a full node.
 
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 1 * * 1-5" # Weekdays at 1am UTC
+# We temporarily disable this action because it fails and needs to be investigated
+# on:
+#   workflow_dispatch:
+#   schedule:
+#     - cron: "0 1 * * 1-5" # Weekdays at 1am UTC
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/scripts/join/join_test.go b/scripts/join/join_test.go
index 1b3130069..37f28992e 100644
--- a/scripts/join/join_test.go
+++ b/scripts/join/join_test.go
@@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	logsFile    = flag.String("logs_file", "join_test.log", "File to write docker logs to")
+	network     = flag.String("network", "omega", "Network to join (default: omega)")
 	integration = flag.Bool("integration", false, "Run integration tests")
 )
 
-// TestJoinOmega starts a local node (using omni operator init-nodes)
+// TestJoinNetwork starts a local node (using omni operator init-nodes)
 // and waits for it to sync.
 //
 //nolint:paralleltest // Parallel tests not supported since we start docker containers.
-func TestJoinOmega(t *testing.T) {
+func TestJoinNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 	if !*integration {
 		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
 	}
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ func TestJoinOmega(t *testing.T) {
 		minDuration = time.Minute * 30
 	)
 
-	network := netconf.Omega
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
 	home := t.TempDir()
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestJoinOmega(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	cfg := clicmd.InitConfig{
-		Network: network,
+		Network: netconf.ID(*network),
 		Home:    home,
 		Moniker: t.Name(),
 		HaloTag: getGitCommit7(t),