diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.js
index a6e4565ac6..9f4a70e017 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.js
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ const requiredModules = [
   'compilationDetails',
   'contractflattener',
   'solidity-script',
-  'openaigpt',
-  'circuit-compiler'
+  'openaigpt'
 ]
 
 // dependentModules shouldn't be manually activated (e.g hardhat is activated by remixd)
@@ -114,7 +113,8 @@ export function isNative(name) {
     'injected-ephemery-testnet-provider',
     'injected',
     'doc-gen',
-    'doc-viewer'
+    'doc-viewer',
+    'circuit-compiler'
   ]
   return nativePlugins.includes(name) || requiredModules.includes(name)
 }
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/workspace.ts b/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/workspace.ts
index e00840d36c..e425315711 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/workspace.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/workspace.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ export const createWorkspace = async (workspaceName: string, workspaceTemplateNa
       const isActive = await plugin.call('manager', 'isActive', 'dgit')
       if (!isActive) await plugin.call('manager', 'activatePlugin', 'dgit')
     }
+    if (workspaceTemplateName === 'semaphore') {
+      const isCircomActive = await plugin.call('manager', 'isActive', 'circuit-compiler')
+
+      if (!isCircomActive) await plugin.call('manager', 'activatePlugin', 'circuit-compiler')
+    }
     // this call needs to be here after the callback because it calls dGitProvider which also calls this function and that would cause an infinite loop
     await plugin.setWorkspaces(await getWorkspaces())
   }).catch((error) => {
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/types/index.ts b/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/types/index.ts
index 018a1cdb8e..ad91681659 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/types/index.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/types/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export interface JSONStandardInput {
   };
 }
 export type MenuItems = action[]
-export type WorkspaceTemplate = 'gist-template' | 'code-template' | 'remixDefault' | 'blank' | 'ozerc20' | 'zeroxErc20' | 'ozerc721'
+export type WorkspaceTemplate = 'gist-template' | 'code-template' | 'remixDefault' | 'blank' | 'ozerc20' | 'zeroxErc20' | 'ozerc721' | 'semaphore'
 export interface WorkspaceProps {
   plugin: FilePanelType
 }