diff --git a/.github/workflows/libtomophantom_conda_upload.yml b/.github/workflows/libtomophantom_conda_upload.yml
index 603433b..baf04db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/libtomophantom_conda_upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/libtomophantom_conda_upload.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: "master"
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
       # setup Python 3.11
       - name: Setup Python 3.11
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tomophantom_conda_upload.yml b/.github/workflows/tomophantom_conda_upload.yml
index f857971..da22b87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tomophantom_conda_upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tomophantom_conda_upload.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: "master"
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
       # setup Python 3.11
       - name: Setup Python 3.11
diff --git a/.scripts/conda_upload_lib.sh b/.scripts/conda_upload_lib.sh
index 6d5fa02..0bc3030 100755
--- a/.scripts/conda_upload_lib.sh
+++ b/.scripts/conda_upload_lib.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export CIL_VERSION=3.0.1
 $CONDA/bin/conda build conda-recipe_library . -c httomo
 
 # upload packages to conda
-find $CONDA_BLD_PATH/$OS -name *.tar.bz2 | while read file
+find $CONDA_BLD_PATH/$OS -name *.tar.bz2 | while read -r file
 do
     echo $file
     $CONDA/bin/anaconda -v --show-traceback --token $CONDA_TOKEN upload $file --force