diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/push-docker-image.yml
index d957dd05..75c89519 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-docker-image.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
             renv_list="${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}"
           fi
           renv_list=$(echo $renv_list | sed 's/ /", "/g')
-          renv_list="$renv_list devel" # adding devel conf
           echo "renv=[\"$renv_list\"]" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   deploy-image:
@@ -77,20 +76,14 @@ jobs:
         id: image_specs
         run: |
           package_name=$(grep "Package:" DESCRIPTION | awk '{print $NF}')
-          if [ "${{ matrix.value }}" == "devel" ]{
-            r_version="devel"
-          }
-          else {
-            r_version=$(basename $(dirname ${{ matrix.value }})) # TODO: check here if legacy renv (if yes, delete _legacy suffix and add _legacy suffix to docker im?)
-            renv=$(echo "${{ matrix.value }}" | tr -d '"')
-            echo "renv_lock_path=$renv" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          }
+          r_version=$(basename $(dirname ${{ matrix.value }})) # TODO: check here if legacy renv (if yes, delete _legacy suffix and add _legacy suffix to docker im?)
+          renv=$(echo "${{ matrix.value }}" | tr -d '"')
+          echo "renv_lock_path=$renv" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "r_version=$r_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "image_name=$package_name-$r_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Call deploy docker image action for every renv
         uses: insightsengineering/r-image-creator@feature/create_image_from_description
-        if: ${{ matrix.value }} != 'devel'
         with:
           image-name: "${{ steps.image_specs.outputs.image_name }}"
           tag-latest: true
@@ -100,19 +93,42 @@ jobs:
           repository-owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
           repo-user: ${{ github.actor }}  # pharmaverse-bot
           repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" # ${{ secrets.PHARMAVERSE_BOT }}
-      
-      - name: Call deploy docker image action for every renv
+
+  deploy-image-devel:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Token permissions
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set image specs
+        id: image_specs
+        run: |
+          package_name=$(grep "Package:" DESCRIPTION | awk '{print $NF}')
+          echo "image_name=$package_name-devel" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    
+      - name: Call deploy docker image action devel
         uses: insightsengineering/r-image-creator@feature/create_image_from_description
-        if: ${{ matrix.value }} == 'devel'
         with:
           image-name: "${{ steps.image_specs.outputs.image_name }}"
           tag-latest: true
-          base-image: "rocker/rstudio:${{ steps.image_specs.outputs.r_version }}"
+          base-image: "rocker/rstudio:devel"
           sysdeps: qpdf,libxt-dev,curl,npm,libicu-dev,libcurl4-openssl-dev,libssl-dev,make,zlib1g-dev,libfontconfig1-dev,libfreetype6-dev,libfribidi-dev,libharfbuzz-dev,libjpeg-dev,libpng-dev,libtiff-dev,pandoc,libxml2-dev,libgit2-dev,libgit2-dev,jq
           description-file: "./DESCRIPTION"
           repository-owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
           repo-user: ${{ github.actor }}  # pharmaverse-bot
           repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" # ${{ secrets.PHARMAVERSE_BOT }}
 
+
+# refacto todo: image-name, sysdeps on get-renv-list job
+
+
 # note: in case of 403 error when pushing to ghcr : link current repo to the given package registry - https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/issues/687
 # (got to https://github.com/<user name>?tab=packages to go to packages settings) and there https://github.com/users/<user name>/packages/container/admiralci-4.0/settings
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