diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-cloud.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-cloud.yaml
index 0951a9d9e1..7516409652 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-cloud.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-cloud.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get the latest budibase release version
         id: version
         run: | 
-          if [ ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} == '' ]; then
+          if [ -z "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" ]; then
             release_version=$(cat lerna.json | jq -r '.version')
           else
             release_version=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-selfhost.yml b/.github/workflows/release-selfhost.yml
index b2ca69c27f..ff54d8081b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-selfhost.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-selfhost.yml
@@ -39,13 +39,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Helm 
         uses: azure/setup-helm@v1
         id: helm-install
+        run: helm package charts/budibase
         
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          ref: gh-pages
+
       - name: Build and release helm chart
         run: | 
           git config user.name "Budibase Helm Bot"
           git config user.email "<>"
-          helm package charts/budibase
-          git checkout gh-pages
           mv budibase-${{ github.steps.version.outputs.release_version }}.tgz docs
           helm repo index docs
           git add -A