diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-check.yml
index e04ffc931c39..4f78bea4d688 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-check.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # We're not running CI on macOS for now because it's one less matrix entry to lower the number of runners used,
         # macOS runners are expensive, and we assume that Ubuntu is enough to cover the UNIX case.
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
       # Need the source to have the tests available.
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/src/client/activation/jedi/languageClientFactory.ts b/src/client/activation/jedi/languageClientFactory.ts
index 5d1abebcb207..42996f9f4fd5 100644
--- a/src/client/activation/jedi/languageClientFactory.ts
+++ b/src/client/activation/jedi/languageClientFactory.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
+import { exec } from 'child_process';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { LanguageClient, LanguageClientOptions, ServerOptions } from 'vscode-languageclient/node';
 
 import { EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR, PYTHON_LANGUAGE } from '../../common/constants';
 import { Resource } from '../../common/types';
+import { sleep } from '../../common/utils/async';
 import { IInterpreterService } from '../../interpreter/contracts';
 import { PythonEnvironment } from '../../pythonEnvironments/info';
 import { ILanguageClientFactory } from '../types';
@@ -29,6 +31,13 @@ export class JediLanguageClientFactory implements ILanguageClientFactory {
         };
 
         console.log(`Jedi Language Server options: ${JSON.stringify(serverOptions)}`);
+        const child = exec(`${serverOptions.command} ${lsScriptPath}`, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+            console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
+            console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
+            console.log(`ERROR:`, error);
+        });
+        await sleep(5000);
+        child.kill();
 
         return new LanguageClient(PYTHON_LANGUAGE, languageClientName, serverOptions, clientOptions);
     }