diff --git a/.woodpecker/build.yaml b/.woodpecker/build.yaml
index 6d71591..ce0bc8d 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/build.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/build.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 when:
   event: [push, manual]
 
+skip_clone: true
+
 # matrix:
 #   include:
 #     - PLATFORM: rhel-9
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ steps:
     commands:
       # download latest package version (avoid having to rebuild image every time)
       # rscript_startup arg: required to pass down global option to future workers https://github.com/HenrikBengtsson/future/issues/134#issuecomment-2245666169
-      - git clone https://pat-s:$$git_ro_token@git.devxy.io/devxy/arm64-r-binaries.git && cd arm64-r-binaries
+      - git clone https://pat-s:$$git_ro_token@git.devxy.io/devxy/arm64-r-binaries.git . 
       - rm -rf /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/00LOCK-arm64-r-binaries
       - R -q -e 'pak::pak("dyfanjones/s3fs")'
       - R -q -e 'pak::local_install(); packageVersion("rBinaries")'
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@ steps:
       - R -q -e 'Sys.setenv(PKG_SYSREQS = TRUE, PKG_SYSREQS_VERBOSE = TRUE, PKG_SYSREQS_PLATFORM = "redhat-9"); pak::pak(c("Hmisc", "pls", "abd", "doRNG", "devtools"))'
       # more complicated system dependencies which pak cannot resolve
       - mkdir -p /mnt/cache/pkgcache /mnt/cache/R-pkgs /mnt/cache/binaries /mnt/cache/ccache
-      - R -q -e 'options(crayon.enabled = TRUE, Ncpus = 6, future.globals.onReference = "error"); pkgs = tools::CRAN_package_db()[[1]][26:40]; library(rBinaries); future::plan("multisession", workers = 5, rscript_startup = quote(options(crayon.enabled = TRUE))); foo = lapply(pkgs, function(x) build_binary_package(x, build_for_minor=FALSE, debug = FALSE, force = TRUE))'
+      # set additional repos: important as otherwise some packages cannot be resolved (e.g. INLA)
+      - R -q -e 'options(crayon.enabled = TRUE, Ncpus = 6, future.globals.onReference = "error", repos = structure(c(getOption("repos"),INLA="https://inla.r-inla-download.org/R/stable"))); pkgs = tools::CRAN_package_db()[[1]][29:40]; library(rBinaries); future::plan("multisession", workers = 5, rscript_startup = quote(options(crayon.enabled = TRUE))); foo = lapply(pkgs, function(x) build_binary_package(x, build_for_minor=FALSE, debug = FALSE, force = TRUE))'
     backend_options:
       kubernetes:
         resources:
@@ -67,9 +70,8 @@ steps:
     commands:
       # download latest package version (avoid having to rebuild image every time)
       # rscript_startup arg: required to pass down global option to future workers https://github.com/HenrikBengtsson/future/issues/134#issuecomment-2245666169
-      - git clone https://pat-s:$$git_ro_token@git.devxy.io/devxy/arm64-r-binaries.git && cd arm64-r-binaries
       - R -q -e 'pak::local_install(); packageVersion("rBinaries")'
-      - R -q -e 'pak::pak("dyfanjones/s3fs")'
+      - R -q -e 'pak::pak(c("dyfanjones/s3fs", "pat-s/desc@description-from-remote", "pat-s/cranlike@s3"))'
       - cd /mnt/cache/binaries/__linux__/rhel9/latest/src/contrib
       - R -q -e 'options(crayon.enabled = TRUE); library(rBinaries); upload_package_index()'
     backend_options:
diff --git a/R/upload.R b/R/upload.R
index f0868bb..443b65c 100644
--- a/R/upload.R
+++ b/R/upload.R
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ upload_single_binary_to_s3 <- function(
   local_bin_path <- set_bin_path(r_minor_version, build_for_minor, local_build_root = local_build_root, codename)
   remote_bin_path <- set_bin_path(r_minor_version, build_for_minor, local_build_root = bucket, codename)
 
+  tarball_name <- sprintf("%s_%s.tar.gz", package_name, tag)
+
   if (!file.exists(sprintf("%s/%s", local_bin_path, tarball_name))) {
     cli::cli_alert("{.fun upload_single_binary_to_s3}: File {.pkg {package_name}} {.field {tag}} does not exist locally - skipping upload.")
     return(TRUE)
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ upload_single_binary_to_s3 <- function(
     region_name = region,
   )
 
-  tarball_name <- sprintf("%s_%s.tar.gz", package_name, tag)
   exists <- s3fs::s3_file_exists(sprintf("%s/%s", remote_bin_path, tarball_name))
 
   if ((!exists && !force) || (!exists && force)) {