diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 2ee8396e1a..15b01af228 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ jobs:
     vmImage: 'vs2017-win2016'
   timeoutInMinutes: 5
   steps:
-    - script: dotnet run --project ./src/dotnet-format.csproj -- @validate.rsp
+    - script: dotnet publish ./src/dotnet-format.csproj -c Release
+      displayName: Publish dotnet-format
+    - script: dotnet ./artifacts/bin/dotnet-format/Release/netcoreapp2.1/publish/dotnet-format.dll @validate.rsp
       displayName: Run dotnet-format
     - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
       displayName: Publish Logs
diff --git a/validate.rsp b/validate.rsp
index 0288aac783..a73c2fd40b 100644
--- a/validate.rsp
+++ b/validate.rsp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---folder
-.
+./format.sln
+--fix-style
 --exclude
 ./tests/projects/
 --check