diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 2971eee..7865738 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 .prettierrc.json
 .woodpecker
 devxy-arm64-r-binaries/
-PACKAGES*
+PACKAGES.*
 s3:*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 89ffb9a..eb2f316 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ importFrom(DBI,dbWriteTable)
 importFrom(RPostgres,Postgres)
 importFrom(cli,cli_alert)
 importFrom(cranlike,add_PACKAGES)
+importFrom(cranlike,update_PACKAGES)
 importFrom(dplyr,filter)
 importFrom(dplyr,group_by)
 importFrom(dplyr,n)
diff --git a/R/packages_index.R b/R/package_index.R
similarity index 77%
rename from R/packages_index.R
rename to R/package_index.R
index 57792a7..4d93465 100644
--- a/R/packages_index.R
+++ b/R/package_index.R
@@ -39,15 +39,11 @@ add_to_package_index <- function(
   # list all tarballs for the given package
   cranlike::add_PACKAGES(file_names, local_bin_dir)
 
-  # dummy <- s3fs::s3_file_upload(pkgs_upload_local, pkgs_upload_remote, overwrite = TRUE)
-  # s3fs::s3_file_upload(
-  #   sprintf("%s/%s", local_bin_dir, c("PACKAGES", "PACKAGES.db", "PACKAGES.rds", "PACKAGES.gz")),
-  #   sprintf("%s", remote_bin_dir, c("PACKAGES", "PACKAGES.db", "PACKAGES.rds", "PACKAGES.gz")),
-  #   overwrite = TRUE
-  # )
   return(invisible(TRUE))
 }
 
+#' @importFrom s3fs s3_file_upload s3_dir_ls
+#' @importFrom cranlike update_PACKAGES
 #' @export
 upload_package_index <- function(
     package_name = NULL,
@@ -80,9 +76,9 @@ upload_package_index <- function(
     region_name = region,
   )
 
-  pkgs = s3fs::s3_dir_ls(remote_bin_dir)
-  pkg_count = length(pkgs) - 4
-  unique_pkgs = length(unique(sapply(strsplit(basename(pkgs), "_"), function(x) x[1])))
+  pkgs <- s3fs::s3_dir_ls(remote_bin_dir)
+  pkg_count <- length(pkgs) - 4
+  unique_pkgs <- length(unique(sapply(strsplit(basename(pkgs), "_"), function(x) x[1])))
   t1 <- Sys.time()
   cranlike::update_PACKAGES(sprintf("s3://%s", remote_bin_dir))
   total_build_time <- round(Sys.time() - t1, 2)
@@ -94,16 +90,5 @@ upload_package_index <- function(
     \(x, y) s3fs::s3_file_upload(x, y, overwrite = TRUE)
   )
 
-  # pkgs_upload_local <- sprintf("%sPACKAGES", local_bin_dir)
-  # pkgs_upload_remote <- sprintf("%sPACKAGES", remote_bin_dir)
-
-  # if (debug) {
-  #   cli::cli_alert_warning("DEBUG: PACKAGES UPLOAD local dir: {pkgs_upload_local}")
-  #   cli::cli_alert_warning("DEBUG: PACKAGES UPLOAD remote dir: {pkgs_upload_remote}")
-  # }
-
-  # s3 <- paws.storage::s3(endpoint = endpoint, region = region)
-  # s3$put_object(Body = pkgs_upload_local, Bucket = bucket, Key = "arm64/rhel9/latest/src/contrib/PACKAGES")
-
   return(invisible(TRUE))
 }