diff --git a/.github/workflows/dsBase_test_suite.yaml b/.github/workflows/dsBase_test_suite.yaml
index 2a8fa619..44020e83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dsBase_test_suite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dsBase_test_suite.yaml
@@ -59,26 +59,32 @@ jobs:
           r-version: release
           http-user-agent: release
           use-public-rspm: true
-
+          
+      - name: Install dsBase
+        run: |
+          Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("RANN", "stringr", "lme4", "dplyr", "reshape2", "polycor", "gamlss", "gamlss.dist", "mice", "childsds", "usethis", "devtools"), dependencies = TRUE)'
+          R CMD INSTALL ./dsBase
+          
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
-          extra-packages: |
-            any::rcmdcheck
-            cran::devtools
-            cran::git2r
-            cran::RCurl
-            cran::readr
-            cran::magrittr
-            cran::xml2
-            cran::purrr
-            cran::dplyr
-            cran::stringr
-            cran::tidyr
-            cran::quarto
-            cran::knitr
-            cran::kableExtra
-            cran::rmarkdown
-            cran::downlit
+          dependencies: 'c("Imports")'
+          extra-packages: | 
+            any::rcmdcheck 
+            cran::devtools 
+            cran::git2r 
+            cran::RCurl 
+            cran::readr 
+            cran::magrittr 
+            cran::xml2 
+            cran::purrr 
+            cran::dplyr 
+            cran::stringr 
+            cran::tidyr 
+            cran::quarto 
+            cran::knitr 
+            cran::kableExtra 
+            cran::rmarkdown 
+            cran::downlit 
           needs: check
           
       - name: Check man files up-to-date
@@ -156,8 +162,11 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           cd testStatus
+          
+          # Reconfigure remote to use GitHub token for authentication
+          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ env.REPO_OWNER }}/testStatus.git
           git checkout master
-          git pull
+          git pull origin master
 
           mkdir -p logs/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}/${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}/${{ env.WORKFLOW_ID }}/
           mkdir -p docs/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}/${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}/${{ env.WORKFLOW_ID }}/
@@ -178,8 +187,8 @@ jobs:
           cp -r docs/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}/${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}/${{ env.WORKFLOW_ID }}/* docs/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}/${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}/latest
 
           git add .
-          git commit -m "Auto test for ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}/${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }} @ ${{ env.WORKFLOW_ID }}"
-          git push
+          git commit -m "Auto test for ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}/${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }} @ ${{ env.WORKFLOW_ID }}" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push origin master
           
         env:
           PROJECT_NAME: ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}