diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_pkg.yml b/.github/workflows/build_pkg.yml
index 57c2f0d..57743ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_pkg.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_pkg.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ on:
       source_name:
         type: string
         default: "${{ github.workflow }}"
-      debian_source:
-        type: string
-        default: ""
       source_version:
         type: string
       version_suffix:
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ env:
   INPUT_MESSAGE: ${{ inputs.message }}
   INPUT_BUILD_OPTIONS: ${{ inputs.build_options }}
   INPUT_SOURCE_NAME: ${{ inputs.source_name }}
-  INPUT_DEBIAN_SOURCE: ${{ inputs.debian_source }}
   INPUT_SOURCE_VERSION: ${{ inputs.source_version }}
   INPUT_VERSION_SUFFIX: ${{ inputs.version_suffix }}
 
@@ -60,10 +56,12 @@ jobs:
       release: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: fetch workflow branch name
+        run: branch=$(`echo ${{ github.workflow_ref }} | cut -d"@" -f2`) 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: gardenlinux/package-build
-          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          ref: $(branch)
       - run: mkdir input output
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -74,6 +72,10 @@ jobs:
         run: podman pull "${{ inputs.build_container }}:amd64"
       - name: fetch dependencies
         run: |
+          echo ${{ github.workflow_ref }}
+          echo ${GITHUB_REF}
+          echo ${GITHUB_REF#*/}
+          echo ${{ github.workflow_sha }}
           mkdir _pkgs
           while IFS=@ read -r repo tag; do
             ./scripts/gh_release "${{ github.token }}" "$repo" list "$tag" | grep '\.deb$' | while read -r url; do
@@ -93,7 +95,6 @@ jobs:
                -e MESSAGE='${{ env.INPUT_MESSAGE }}' \
                -e BUILD_OPTIONS='${{ env.INPUT_BUILD_OPTIONS }}' \
                -e SOURCE_NAME='${{ env.INPUT_SOURCE_NAME }}' \
-               -e DEBIAN_SOURCE='${{ env.INPUT_DEBIAN_SOURCE }}' \
                -e SOURCE_VERSION='${{ env.INPUT_SOURCE_VERSION }}' \
                -e VERSION_SUFFIX='${{ env.INPUT_VERSION_SUFFIX }}' \
                --rm \
diff --git a/container/bin/build_source b/container/bin/build_source
index e41bdf9..8960bc5 100755
--- a/container/bin/build_source
+++ b/container/bin/build_source
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ main() (
 		apt_source "$source"
 	fi
 
+	find
+
 	# if debian_source defined: remove debian folder from source and replace with debian folder from debian_source
-	if [ -n "$debian_source" ]; then
+	if [ -d "$debian_source" ]; then
 		mkdir debian_src
 		cd debian_src
 		if [[ "$debian_source" = "git+"* ]]; then