diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 71ee4d5e743..e92f513a023 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -272,6 +272,22 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 25
         run: earthly-ci --no-output ./yarn-project/+prover-client-test
 
+  client-proof-tests:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ${{ github.actor }}-x86
+    steps:
+      - {
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4,
+          with: { ref: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}" },
+        }
+      - uses: ./.github/ci-setup-action
+        with:
+          dockerhub_password: "${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}"
+          concurrency_key: client-proof-tests-${{ github.actor }}-x86
+      - name: "Client Proof Tests"
+        timeout-minutes: 25
+        run: earthly-ci --no-output ./yarn-project/+run-e2e --test=client_prover_integration/client_prover_integration.test.ts
+
   build-acir-tests:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ${{ github.actor }}-x86
@@ -461,6 +477,7 @@ jobs:
         barretenberg-acir-tests-sol,
         noir-test,
         noir-packages-test,
+        client-proof-tests,
       ]
     if: always()
     steps:
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/client_prover_integration/client_prover_integration.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/client_prover_integration/client_prover_integration.test.ts
index ec6c32d11a6..ed244b2da64 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/client_prover_integration/client_prover_integration.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/client_prover_integration/client_prover_integration.test.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,8 @@ import { type BBNativeProofCreator } from '@aztec/pxe';
 
 import { ClientProverTest } from './client_prover_test.js';
 
-const TIMEOUT = 300_000;
-
-async function verifyProof(_1: ClientProtocolArtifact, _2: Tx, _3: BBNativeProofCreator) {
-  // TODO(@PhilWindle): Will verify proof once the circuits are fixed
-  await Promise.resolve();
-  //const result = await proofCreator.verifyProof(circuitType, tx.proof);
-  expect(true).toBeTruthy();
+async function verifyProof(circuitType: ClientProtocolArtifact, tx: Tx, proofCreator: BBNativeProofCreator) {
+  await expect(proofCreator.verifyProof(circuitType, tx.proof)).resolves.not.toThrow();
 }
 
 describe('client_prover_integration', () => {
@@ -32,47 +27,39 @@ describe('client_prover_integration', () => {
     await t.tokenSim.check();
   });
 
-  it(
-    'private transfer less than balance',
-    async () => {
-      logger.info(
-        `Starting test using function: ${provenAsset.address}:${provenAsset.methods.balance_of_private.selector}`,
-      );
-      const balance0 = await provenAsset.methods.balance_of_private(accounts[0].address).simulate();
-      const amount = balance0 / 2n;
-      expect(amount).toBeGreaterThan(0n);
-      const interaction = provenAsset.methods.transfer(accounts[0].address, accounts[1].address, amount, 0);
-      const provenTx = await interaction.prove();
+  it('private transfer less than balance', async () => {
+    logger.info(
+      `Starting test using function: ${provenAsset.address}:${provenAsset.methods.balance_of_private.selector}`,
+    );
+    const balance0 = await provenAsset.methods.balance_of_private(accounts[0].address).simulate();
+    const amount = balance0 / 2n;
+    expect(amount).toBeGreaterThan(0n);
+    const interaction = provenAsset.methods.transfer(accounts[0].address, accounts[1].address, amount, 0);
+    const provenTx = await interaction.prove();
 
-      // This will recursively verify all app and kernel circuits involved in the private stage of this transaction!
-      logger.info(`Verifying kernel tail proof`);
-      await verifyProof('PrivateKernelTailArtifact', provenTx, proofCreator!);
+    // This will recursively verify all app and kernel circuits involved in the private stage of this transaction!
+    logger.info(`Verifying kernel tail proof`);
+    await verifyProof('PrivateKernelTailArtifact', provenTx, proofCreator!);
 
-      await interaction.send().wait();
-      tokenSim.transferPrivate(accounts[0].address, accounts[1].address, amount);
-    },
-    TIMEOUT,
-  );
+    await interaction.send().wait();
+    tokenSim.transferPrivate(accounts[0].address, accounts[1].address, amount);
+  });
 
-  it(
-    'public transfer less than balance',
-    async () => {
-      logger.info(
-        `Starting test using function: ${provenAsset.address}:${provenAsset.methods.balance_of_public.selector}`,
-      );
-      const balance0 = await provenAsset.methods.balance_of_public(accounts[0].address).simulate();
-      const amount = balance0 / 2n;
-      expect(amount).toBeGreaterThan(0n);
-      const interaction = provenAsset.methods.transfer(accounts[0].address, accounts[1].address, amount, 0);
-      const provenTx = await interaction.prove();
+  it('public transfer less than balance', async () => {
+    logger.info(
+      `Starting test using function: ${provenAsset.address}:${provenAsset.methods.balance_of_public.selector}`,
+    );
+    const balance0 = await provenAsset.methods.balance_of_public(accounts[0].address).simulate();
+    const amount = balance0 / 2n;
+    expect(amount).toBeGreaterThan(0n);
+    const interaction = provenAsset.methods.transfer_public(accounts[0].address, accounts[1].address, amount, 0);
+    const provenTx = await interaction.prove();
 
-      // This will recursively verify all app and kernel circuits involved in the private stage of this transaction!
-      logger.info(`Verifying kernel tail to public proof`);
-      await verifyProof('PrivateKernelTailToPublicArtifact', provenTx, proofCreator!);
+    // This will recursively verify all app and kernel circuits involved in the private stage of this transaction!
+    logger.info(`Verifying kernel tail to public proof`);
+    await verifyProof('PrivateKernelTailToPublicArtifact', provenTx, proofCreator!);
 
-      await interaction.send().wait();
-      tokenSim.transferPublic(accounts[0].address, accounts[1].address, amount);
-    },
-    TIMEOUT,
-  );
+    await interaction.send().wait();
+    tokenSim.transferPublic(accounts[0].address, accounts[1].address, amount);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/yarn-project/pxe/src/kernel_prover/bb_prover/bb_native_proof_creator.ts b/yarn-project/pxe/src/kernel_prover/bb_prover/bb_native_proof_creator.ts
index 7f4fba37064..15eed0996a9 100644
--- a/yarn-project/pxe/src/kernel_prover/bb_prover/bb_native_proof_creator.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/pxe/src/kernel_prover/bb_prover/bb_native_proof_creator.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   type PrivateKernelTailCircuitPublicInputs,
   Proof,
   type VERIFICATION_KEY_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS,
-  makeEmptyProof,
 } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
 import { siloNoteHash } from '@aztec/circuits.js/hash';
 import { randomBytes, sha256 } from '@aztec/foundation/crypto';
@@ -23,9 +22,9 @@ import {
   convertPrivateKernelInnerInputsToWitnessMap,
   convertPrivateKernelInnerOutputsFromWitnessMap,
   convertPrivateKernelTailForPublicOutputsFromWitnessMap,
+  convertPrivateKernelTailInputsToWitnessMap,
   convertPrivateKernelTailOutputsFromWitnessMap,
-  executeTail,
-  executeTailForPublic,
+  convertPrivateKernelTailToPublicInputsToWitnessMap,
 } from '@aztec/noir-protocol-circuits-types';
 import { type ACVMField, WASMSimulator } from '@aztec/simulator';
 import { type NoirCompiledCircuit } from '@aztec/types/noir';
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ export async function generateKeyForNoirCircuit(
     await fs.writeFile(bytecodePath, bytecode);
 
     // args are the output path and the input bytecode path
-    const args = ['-o', outputPath, '-b', bytecodePath];
+    const args = ['-o', `${outputPath}/${VK_FILENAME}`, '-b', bytecodePath];
     const timer = new Timer();
     let result = await executeBB(pathToBB, `write_${key}`, args, log);
     // If we succeeded and the type of key if verification, have bb write the 'fields' version too
@@ -468,25 +467,12 @@ export class BBNativeProofCreator implements ProofCreator {
   public async createProofTail(
     inputs: PrivateKernelTailCircuitPrivateInputs,
   ): Promise<ProofOutput<PrivateKernelTailCircuitPublicInputs>> {
-    // if (!inputs.isForPublic()) {
-    //   const witnessMap = convertPrivateKernelTailInputsToWitnessMap(inputs);
-    //   return await this.createSafeProof(witnessMap, 'PrivateKernelTailArtifact');
-    // }
-
     if (!inputs.isForPublic()) {
-      const result = await executeTail(inputs);
-      return {
-        publicInputs: result,
-        proof: makeEmptyProof(),
-      };
+      const witnessMap = convertPrivateKernelTailInputsToWitnessMap(inputs);
+      return await this.createSafeProof(witnessMap, 'PrivateKernelTailArtifact');
     }
-    // const witnessMap = convertPrivateKernelTailToPublicInputsToWitnessMap(inputs);
-    // return await this.createSafeProof(witnessMap, 'PrivateKernelTailToPublicArtifact');
-    const result = await executeTailForPublic(inputs);
-    return {
-      publicInputs: result,
-      proof: makeEmptyProof(),
-    };
+    const witnessMap = convertPrivateKernelTailToPublicInputsToWitnessMap(inputs);
+    return await this.createSafeProof(witnessMap, 'PrivateKernelTailToPublicArtifact');
   }
 
   public async createAppCircuitProof(partialWitness: Map<number, ACVMField>, bytecode: Buffer): Promise<Proof> {