diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7815de0..d620148 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -29,15 +29,9 @@ jobs:
       uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: python -m pip install -U "jupyterlab>=4.0.0,<5" check-manifest pyunicore pytest pytest-mock pytest-cov
-
-    - name: Install Node.js dependencies
-      run: jlpm install
-
-    - name: Test the extension
       run: |
-        set -eux
-        jlpm run test
+        python -m pip install -U "jupyterlab>=4.0.0,<5" check-manifest pyunicore pytest pytest-mock build
+        jlpm install
 
     - name: Build the extension
       env:
@@ -48,49 +42,27 @@ jobs:
         jlpm run build
         python -m pip install .[test]
 
-        pytest -vv -r ap tvbextunicore
-        jupyter server extension list
         jupyter server extension list 2>&1 | grep -ie "tvbextunicore.*OK"
-
-        jupyter labextension list
         jupyter labextension list 2>&1 | grep -ie "tvb-ext-unicore.*OK"
         python -m jupyterlab.browser_check
 
-        pip install build
         python -m build --sdist
-        cp dist/*.tar.gz myextension.tar.gz
         pip uninstall -y "tvb-ext-unicore" jupyterlab
-        rm -rf myextension
 
-    - name: Package the extension
+    - name: Run Python & JS tests
       run: |
         set -eux
-
-        pip install build
-        python -m build
-        pip uninstall -y "tvb-ext-unicore" jupyterlab
-
-    - name: Run tests
-      run: |
+        jlpm run test
         pytest tvbextunicore -r ap
-
-    - name: Compute coverage
-      run: |
-        pytest -v  --cov --cov-report=xml
-
-    - name: Run JS tests
-      run: |
         yarn test
 
-    - name: Compute JS coverage
+    - name: Package the extension
       run: |
-        yarn test --coverage
+        set -eux
 
-    - name: SonarCloud Scan
-      uses: sonarsource/sonarcloud-github-action@master
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+        pip install build
+        python -m build
+        pip uninstall -y "tvb-ext-unicore" jupyterlab
 
     - name: Upload extension packages
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -99,6 +71,33 @@ jobs:
         path: dist/tvbextunicore*
         if-no-files-found: error
 
+  sonar_cloud:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Base Setup
+        uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: python -m pip install -U "jupyterlab>=4.0.0,<5" check-manifest pyunicore pytest pytest-mock pytest-cov
+
+      - name: Compute coverage
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install .[test]
+          pytest -v  --cov --cov-report=xml
+          yarn test --coverage
+
+      - name: SonarCloud Scan
+        uses: sonarsource/sonarcloud-github-action@master
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+
   test_isolated:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -109,9 +108,11 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: '3.11'
         architecture: 'x64'
+
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: extension-artifacts-3.11
+
     - name: Install and Test
       run: |
         set -eux
@@ -121,10 +122,6 @@ jobs:
 
         pip install "jupyterlab>=4.0.0,<5" tvbextunicore*.whl
 
-
-        jupyter server extension list
         jupyter server extension list 2>&1 | grep -ie "tvbextunicore.*OK"
-
-        jupyter labextension list
         jupyter labextension list 2>&1 | grep -ie "tvb-ext-unicore.*OK"
         python -m jupyterlab.browser_check --no-browser-test