diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_checking.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_checking.yml
index 10ca3d9fe..adc6d81bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_checking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_checking.yml
@@ -58,4 +58,3 @@ jobs:
         run: gh pr close ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --comment "Spam detected"
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7b826555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---  # Workflow to run shellckeck on all shell scripts
+
+name: Shellcheck
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.sh'
+      - 'scripts/**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    branches:
+      - "**"
+
+jobs:
+  shellcheck_scripts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install shellcheck
+        run: sudo apt-get install shellcheck=0.8.0-2
+
+      - name: Run shellcheck
+        run: |
+          cd scripts
+          shellcheck ./*.sh
diff --git a/scripts/prove_stdio.sh b/scripts/prove_stdio.sh
index c3c794086..b0d0788ca 100755
--- a/scripts/prove_stdio.sh
+++ b/scripts/prove_stdio.sh
@@ -95,15 +95,22 @@ fi
 # proof. This is useful for quickly testing decoding and all of the
 # other non-proving code.
 if [[ $TEST_ONLY == "test_only" ]]; then
-    cargo run --quiet --release --package zero --bin leader -- --test-only --runtime in-memory --load-strategy on-demand --block-batch-size $BLOCK_BATCH_SIZE --proof-output-dir $PROOF_OUTPUT_DIR stdio < $INPUT_FILE &> $TEST_OUT_PATH
-    if grep -q 'All proof witnesses have been generated successfully.' $TEST_OUT_PATH; then
+    cargo run --quiet --release --package zero --bin leader -- \
+      --test-only \
+      --runtime in-memory \
+      --load-strategy on-demand \
+      --block-batch-size "$BLOCK_BATCH_SIZE" \
+      --proof-output-dir "$PROOF_OUTPUT_DIR" \
+      stdio < "$INPUT_FILE" &> "$TEST_OUT_PATH"
+
+    if grep -q 'All proof witnesses have been generated successfully.' "$TEST_OUT_PATH"; then
         echo -e "\n\nSuccess - Note this was just a test, not a proof"
-        rm $TEST_OUT_PATH
+        rm "$TEST_OUT_PATH"
         exit
     else
         # Some error occurred, display the logs and exit.
-        cat $OUT_LOG_PATH
-        echo "Failed to create proof witnesses. See $OUT_LOG_PATH for more details."
+        cat "$TEST_OUT_PATH"
+        echo "Failed to create proof witnesses. See $TEST_OUT_PATH for more details."
         exit 1
     fi
 fi
@@ -112,45 +119,43 @@ cargo build --release --jobs "$num_procs"
 
 
 start_time=$(date +%s%N)
-"${REPO_ROOT}/target/release/leader" --runtime in-memory --load-strategy on-demand -n 1 --block-batch-size $BLOCK_BATCH_SIZE \
- --proof-output-dir $PROOF_OUTPUT_DIR stdio < $INPUT_FILE &> $OUTPUT_LOG
+"${REPO_ROOT}/target/release/leader" --runtime in-memory \
+    --load-strategy on-demand -n 1 \
+    --block-batch-size "$BLOCK_BATCH_SIZE" \
+    --proof-output-dir "$PROOF_OUTPUT_DIR" stdio < "$INPUT_FILE" &> "$OUTPUT_LOG"
 end_time=$(date +%s%N)
 
-cat $OUTPUT_LOG | grep "Successfully wrote to disk proof file " | awk '{print $NF}' | tee $PROOFS_FILE_LIST
+grep "Successfully wrote to disk proof file " "$OUTPUT_LOG" | awk '{print $NF}' | tee "$PROOFS_FILE_LIST"
 if [ ! -s "$PROOFS_FILE_LIST" ]; then
   # Some error occurred, display the logs and exit.
-  cat $OUTPUT_LOG
+  cat "$OUTPUT_LOG"
   echo "Proof list not generated, some error happened. For more details check the log file $OUTPUT_LOG"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-cat $PROOFS_FILE_LIST | while read proof_file;
+while read -r proof_file;
 do
   echo "Verifying proof file $proof_file"
-  verify_file=$PROOF_OUTPUT_DIR/verify_$(basename $proof_file).out
-  "${REPO_ROOT}/target/release/verifier" -f $proof_file | tee $verify_file
-  if grep -q 'All proofs verified successfully!' $verify_file; then
+  verify_file=$PROOF_OUTPUT_DIR/verify_$(basename "$proof_file").out
+  "${REPO_ROOT}/target/release/verifier" -f "$proof_file" | tee "$verify_file"
+  if grep -q 'All proofs verified successfully!' "$verify_file"; then
       echo "Proof verification for file $proof_file successful";
-      rm $verify_file # we keep the generated proof for potential reuse
+      rm "$verify_file" # we keep the generated proof for potential reuse
   else
       # Some error occurred with verification, display the logs and exit.
-      cat $verify_file
+      cat "$verify_file"
       echo "There was an issue with proof verification. See $verify_file for more details.";
       exit 1
   fi
-done
+done < "$PROOFS_FILE_LIST"
 
 duration_ns=$((end_time - start_time))
 duration_sec=$(echo "$duration_ns / 1000000000" | bc -l)
 
 echo "Success!"
-echo "Proving duration:" $duration_sec " seconds"
+echo "Proving duration: $duration_sec seconds"
 echo "Note, this duration is inclusive of circuit handling and overall process initialization";
 
 # Clean up in case of success
-rm $OUTPUT_LOG
-
-
-
-
+rm "$OUTPUT_LOG"