diff --git a/.github/workflows/starfish-prod-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/starfish-prod-ci.yml
index a9e78d33..591b7cb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/starfish-prod-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/starfish-prod-ci.yml
@@ -458,3 +458,29 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Data Processing Example Test
         run: |
           make TESTING=1 iss_pipeline.py
+
+  dartfish-pipeline-data-processing-example:
+    name: dartfish_pipeline.py Data Processing Example
+    needs: lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Setup Python 3.9
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.pythonLocation }}
+          key: ${{ runner.OS }}-${{ env.pythonLocation }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements/REQUIREMENTS-CI.txt') }}
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: |
+          make install-dev
+          pip install -r requirements/REQUIREMENTS-NAPARI-CI.txt
+
+      - name: Run Data Processing Example Test
+        run: |
+          make dartfish_pipeline.py
diff --git a/examples/pipelines/dartfish_pipeline.py b/examples/pipelines/dartfish_pipeline.py
index 935a8220..0cdfe5df 100644
--- a/examples/pipelines/dartfish_pipeline.py
+++ b/examples/pipelines/dartfish_pipeline.py
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@
 from IPython import get_ipython
 import matplotlib
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import sys
 
-# equivalent to %gui qt and %matplotlib inline
+# equivalent to using in a notebook cell: %matplotlib inline
 ipython = get_ipython()
-ipython.run_line_magic("gui", "qt5")
-ipython.run_line_magic("matplotlib", "inline")
+if ipython is not None:
+    if 'ipykernel' in sys.modules: # running in Jupyter
+        ipython.run_line_magic('matplotlib', 'inline')
+    else: # terminal IPython
+        ipython.run_line_magic('matplotlib', 'qt5')
 
 matplotlib.rcParams["figure.dpi"] = 150