diff --git a/bindings/go/Makefile b/bindings/go/Makefile
index 3374212..420981a 100755
--- a/bindings/go/Makefile
+++ b/bindings/go/Makefile
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ whisper: mkdir
 	@${CMAKE} -S ../.. -B ${BUILD_DIR} -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=off -D WHISPER_NO_AVX2=on
 	@${CMAKE} --build ${BUILD_DIR} --target whisper
 
-test: model-small whisper
-	@go mod tidy
+test: model-small whisper modtidy
 	@go test -v .
 	@go test -v ./pkg/whisper/...
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ examples: $(EXAMPLES_DIR)
 model-small: mkdir examples/go-model-download
 	@${BUILD_DIR}/go-model-download -out models small.en
 
-$(EXAMPLES_DIR): mkdir whisper 
+$(EXAMPLES_DIR): mkdir whisper modtidy
 	@echo Build example $(notdir $@)
 	@go build ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o ${BUILD_DIR}/$(notdir $@) ./$@
 
@@ -31,8 +30,10 @@ mkdir:
 	@echo Mkdir ${MODELS_DIR}
 	@install -d ${MODELS_DIR}
 
+modtidy:
+	@go mod tidy
+
 clean: 
 	@echo Clean
 	@rm -fr $(BUILD_DIR)
-	@go mod tidy
 	@go clean