diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index c6f911b1..060f242e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Release
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && steps.version.outputs.new_ver == 'TRUE'
         id: create_release
-        uses: zendesk/action-create-release@v1
+        uses: zendesk/action-create-release@v2
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
diff --git a/DataCleaningScripts/get_water_data.R b/DataCleaningScripts/get_water_data.R
index b318aba3..34c0a18c 100644
--- a/DataCleaningScripts/get_water_data.R
+++ b/DataCleaningScripts/get_water_data.R
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ source("DataCleaningScripts/eden_covariates.R")
 get_eden_data <- function() {
 
 download_eden_depths()
+  
+if(length(list.files("Water", pattern = "*_depth.nc"))==0) {
+  return(NULL)
+} else {
 
 covariate_data <- read.table("Water/eden_covariates.csv", header = TRUE, sep = ",")
 new_covariates <- get_eden_covariates() %>%
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ depth_data <- dplyr::filter(depth_data, !date %in% new_depths$date) %>%
 file.remove(dir(path=file.path('Water'),  pattern="_.*_depth.nc", full.names = TRUE))
 
 update_last_download(metadata = get_metadata())
+}
 
 return(list(covariate_data=covariate_data, depth_data=depth_data))
 }
@@ -50,12 +55,17 @@ return(list(covariate_data=covariate_data, depth_data=depth_data))
 update_water <- function() {
 
   data <- get_eden_data()
+  
+  if(is.null(data)) { 
+    return(cat("...No new data..."))
+    } else {
 
   write.table(data$covariate_data, "Water/eden_covariates.csv", row.names = FALSE, col.names = TRUE,
             na="", sep = ",", quote = FALSE)
 
   write.table(data$depth_data, file = "Water/eden_depth.csv",
               row.names = FALSE, col.names = TRUE, na = "", sep = ",", quote = FALSE)
+    }
 }
 
 #' Reads downloaded sophia.usgs gauge files