diff --git a/.github/workflows/render-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/render-and-publish.yml
index 25d7322..f7103fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render-and-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render-and-publish.yml
@@ -14,17 +14,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up R (needed for Rmd)
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         
-      - name: Install remotes; needed for next line
-        run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("remotes"))'
-        
-      - name: Install gt; no binary on cran
-        run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("gt"))'
+# uncomment if runner changed to unbuntu because the install_deps step was causing problems for gt
+#      - name: Install remotes; needed for next line
+#        run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("remotes"))'
+#        
+#      - name: Install gt; no binary on cran
+#        run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("gt"))'
 
       - name: Install packages (needed for Rmd)
         run: Rscript -e 'remotes::install_deps(quiet = TRUE, upgrade="never", build=FALSE)'
 
       - name: Set up Quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
+        env:
+          # Needed if installing tinytex so do not run into GitHub API rate limits
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           # To install LaTeX to build PDF book 
           tinytex: true