diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index dd4483b9a..427a3d674 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -536,9 +536,9 @@ jobs:
         cat ~/.conan2/profiles/default
         # sed -i '' 's/compiler.cppstd=.*$/compiler.cppstd=20/' ~/.conan/profiles/default
 
-        if [[ "${ENABLE_CONAN}" == "ON" ]]; then
-          conan install .. --output-folder=. --build=missing --settings compiler.cppstd=20 --settings build_type=${BUILD_TYPE}
-        fi
+        # if [[ "${ENABLE_CONAN}" == "ON" ]]; then
+        #   conan install .. --output-folder=. --build=missing --settings compiler.cppstd=20 --settings build_type=${BUILD_TYPE}
+        # fi
         
         ccache --zero-stats
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ba1f637c..ced40cbf9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,29 @@ option(ENABLE_NODE_BINDINGS "Build NodeJs bindings" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY "Enables clang-tidy checks" OFF)
 
 if (ENABLE_CONAN)
-  set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "./conan_toolchain.cmake")
+  message(STATUS "Installing Conan packages. It may take a while...")
+  find_program(CONAN_EXECUTABLE NAMES conan)
+
+  if (NOT CONAN_EXECUTABLE)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Conan not found! Please install Conan 2.x and try again.")
+  else()
+    set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "./conan_toolchain.cmake")
+
+   # message(STATUS "Conan install stdout: ${CONAN_EXECUTABLE} install .. --output-folder=. --build=missing --settings compiler.cppstd=20 --settings build_type=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+    execute_process(
+      COMMAND ${CONAN_EXECUTABLE} install .. --output-folder=. --build=missing --settings compiler.cppstd=20 --settings build_type=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE conan_stdout
+      ERROR_VARIABLE conan_stderr
+      RESULT_VARIABLE conan_install_result
+    )
+    # message(STATUS "Conan install stdout: ${conan_stdout} ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+    # message(STATUS "Conan install stderr: ${conan_stderr}")
+
+    if (NOT conan_install_result EQUAL 0)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Conan install failed.")
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)