diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/cron-ci.yaml
index 40895a9df..ae70537ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-ci.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
 
 name: Periodic checks/tasks
 
+env:
+  CARGO_ARGS: --features ssl,jit
+
 jobs:
   codecov:
     name: Collect code coverage data
@@ -16,11 +19,11 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: nightly
           override: true
           components: llvm-tools-preview
-      - run: sudo apt-get install lcov
+      - run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install lcov
       - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: build
-          args: --release --verbose
+          args: --release --verbose ${{ env.CARGO_ARGS }}
         env:
           RUSTC_WRAPPER: './scripts/codecoverage-rustc-wrapper.sh'
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
@@ -38,8 +41,6 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./extra_tests
       - name: run cpython tests
         run: LLVM_PROFILE_FILE="$PWD/regrtest.profraw" target/release/rustpython -m test -v
-        env:
-          RUSTPYTHONPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/Lib
       - name: prepare code coverage data
         run: |
           rusttool() {
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
       - name: build rustpython
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
       - name: build rustpython
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
@@ -121,6 +124,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
       - run: cargo install cargo-criterion
       - name: build benchmarks
         run: cargo build --release --benches
diff --git a/benches/microbenchmarks.rs b/benches/microbenchmarks.rs
index d8d3086d0..ddfdb57c2 100644
--- a/benches/microbenchmarks.rs
+++ b/benches/microbenchmarks.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,13 @@ fn bench_rustpy_code(group: &mut BenchmarkGroup<WallTime>, bench: &MicroBenchmar
     settings.dont_write_bytecode = true;
     settings.no_user_site = true;
 
-    Interpreter::new(settings, InitParameter::External).enter(|vm| {
+    Interpreter::new_with_init(settings, |vm| {
+        for (name, init) in rustpython_stdlib::get_module_inits().into_iter() {
+            vm.add_native_module(name, init);
+        }
+        InitParameter::External
+    })
+    .enter(|vm| {
         let setup_code = vm
             .compile(&bench.setup, Mode::Exec, bench.name.to_owned())
             .expect("Error compiling setup code");