diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index acb70368..fceecfb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ jobs:
           cd circom
           cargo build --release
           cargo install --path circom
-      - name: Prepare
-        run: ./scripts/prepare.sh
+      - name: Prepare CI
+        run: ./scripts/prepare_ci.sh
       - name: Build
         run: ./scripts/build_ios.sh simulator debug
       - name: Run core tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66ee3250..82bca491 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ To update bindings, run `./script/update_bindings.sh simulator|device debug|rele
 
 ## Acknowledgements
 
-This work is sponsored by a joint grant from [PSE](https://pse.dev/) and [0xPARC](https://0xparc.org/).
\ No newline at end of file
+This work is sponsored by a joint grant from [PSE](https://pse.dev/) and [0xPARC](https://0xparc.org/).
diff --git a/scripts/prepare_ci.sh b/scripts/prepare_ci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2b95b8d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prepare_ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Deal with errors
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Color definitions
+DEFAULT='\033[0m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+GREY='\033[0;90m'
+
+# Coloring the -x output (commands)
+# DEBUG_COLOR="${DEFAULT}"
+# trap 'echo -e ${DEBUG_COLOR}${BASH_COMMAND}${DEFAULT}' DEBUG
+
+# Function to handle exit
+handle_exit() {
+    # $? is a special variable that holds the exit code of the last command executed
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo -e "\n${RED}Script did not finish successfully!${DEFAULT}"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Set the trap
+trap handle_exit EXIT
+
+print_action() {
+    printf "\n${GREEN}$1${DEFAULT}\n"
+}
+
+print_warning() {
+    printf "\n${YELLOW}$1${DEFAULT}\n"
+}
+
+# Assert we're in the project root
+if [[ ! -d "mopro-ffi" || ! -d "mopro-core" || ! -d "mopro-ios" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}Error: This script must be run from the project root directory that contains mopro-ffi, mopro-core, and mopro-ios folders.${DEFAULT}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+PROJECT_DIR=$(pwd)
+CIRCOM_DIR="${PROJECT_DIR}/mopro-core/examples/circom"
+
+compile_circuit() {
+    local circuit_dir=$1
+    local circuit_file=$2
+    local target_file="$circuit_dir/target/$(basename $circuit_file .circom).r1cs"
+
+    print_action "[core/circom] Compiling $circuit_file example circuit..."
+    if [ ! -f "$target_file" ]; then
+        ./scripts/compile.sh $circuit_dir $circuit_file
+    else
+        echo "File $target_file already exists, skipping compilation."
+    fi
+}
+
+npm_install() {
+    local circuit_dir=$1
+
+    if [[ ! -d "$circuit_dir/node_modules" ]]; then
+        echo "Installing npm dependencies for $circuit_dir..."
+        (cd $circuit_dir && npm install)
+    fi
+}
+
+# Check for target support
+check_target_support() {
+    rustup target list | grep installed | grep -q "$1"
+}
+
+download_files() {
+    local dir=$1
+    local circuit=$2
+    local target_dir="${CIRCOM_DIR}/${dir}/target"
+    local js_target_dir="${target_dir}/${circuit}_js"
+
+    # Create directories if they don't exist
+    mkdir -p "$target_dir" "$js_target_dir"
+
+    # Download files to the specified directories
+    wget -P "$target_dir" "https://zkstuff.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/mopro/circom-examples-artifacts/${dir}/${circuit}_final.zkey"
+    wget -P "$js_target_dir" "https://zkstuff.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/mopro/circom-examples-artifacts/${dir}/${circuit}.wasm"
+}
+
+# TODO: Comment out compile_circuit stuff again once zkey is integrated and we don't need r1cs file anymore
+
+# NOTE: On CI instead of compiling circuits and running trusted setup
+# We just download test artifacts and use these
+# We thus skip all of the below steps that are run locally in `prepare.sh`
+print_action "[core/circom] Downloading artifacts for example circuits..."
+
+# Build Circom circuits in mopro-core and run trusted setup
+print_action "[core/circom] Compiling example circuits..."
+cd $CIRCOM_DIR
+
+# Compile multiplier2
+compile_circuit multiplier2 multiplier2.circom
+
+# Setup and compile keccak256
+npm_install keccak256
+compile_circuit keccak256 keccak256_256_test.circom
+
+# # Run trusted setup for multiplier2
+# print_action "[core/circom] Running trusted setup for multiplier2..."
+# ./scripts/trusted_setup.sh multiplier2 08 multiplier2
+#
+# # Run trusted setup for keccak256
+# print_action "[core/circom] Running trusted setup for keccak256..."
+# ./scripts/trusted_setup.sh keccak256 18 keccak256_256_test
+
+print_action "[core/circom] Downloading artifacts for multiplier2..."
+download_files "multiplier2" "multiplier2"
+
+print_action "[core/circom] Downloading artifacts for keccak256..."
+download_files "keccak256" "keccak256_256_test"
+
+# Add support for target architectures
+print_action "[ffi] Adding support for target architectures..."
+cd ${PROJECT_DIR}/mopro-ffi
+
+for target in x86_64-apple-ios aarch64-apple-ios aarch64-apple-ios-sim; do
+    if ! check_target_support $target; then
+        rustup target add $target
+    else
+        echo "Target $target already installed, skipping."
+    fi
+done
+
+# Install uniffi-bindgen binary in mopro-ffi
+print_action "[ffi] Installing uniffi-bindgen..."
+if ! command -v uniffi-bindgen &> /dev/null
+then
+    cargo install --bin uniffi-bindgen --path .
+else
+    echo "uniffi-bindgen already installed, skipping."
+fi
+
+print_action "Done! Please run ./scripts/buld_ios.sh to build for iOS."