diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index f12da15..f64baf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         user: __token__
         password: ${{ secrets.test_pypi_helics_apps_password }}
-        repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+        repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
 
     - name: Publish package to PyPI
       if: github.event.action == 'published'
diff --git a/helics_apps-pip/pyproject.toml b/helics_apps-pip/pyproject.toml
index 366cb36..8580406 100644
--- a/helics_apps-pip/pyproject.toml
+++ b/helics_apps-pip/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ test-command = [
 [tool.scikit-build]
 minimum-version = "0.8"
 cmake.version = ">=3.15"
-build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
+#build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"  # this can be used to speed up builds while testing
 wheel.install-dir = "helics_apps/data"
 wheel.py-api = "py2.py3"
 wheel.expand-macos-universal-tags = true