diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/publish-patch.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/publish-patch.yaml
index e597754..cb50d5d 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/publish-patch.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/publish-patch.yaml
@@ -9,34 +9,43 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
+  check-latest-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      update_available: ${{ steps.check.outputs.update_available }}
+      latest_tag: ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.latest_tag }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone Stirling-PDF Repository
+        id: get_tag
+        run: |
+          latest_tag=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tags | jq -r '.[0].name')
+          echo "latest_tag=$latest_tag" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Compare with Latest Published Tag
+        id: check
+        run: |
+          latest_published_tag=$(curl -s -u :${{ secrets.TOKEN }} https://git.spgrn.com/v2/seang96/stirling-pdf/tags/list 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.tags[]' 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-fat$' 2>/dev/null | sed 's/-fat$//' 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1 || echo "")
+          if [ "$latest_tag" = "$latest_published_tag" ]; then
+            echo "update_available=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "Image already exists. Exiting."
+          else
+            echo "update_available=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "No published tag found. Proceeding with the build."
+          fi
+
   build:
+    needs: [check-latest-tag]
+    if: needs.check-latest-tag.outputs.update_available == 'false'
     runs-on: docker
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
 
       - name: Clone Stirling-PDF Repository
         run: |
-          git clone https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF.git
-          cd Stirling-PDF
-          latest_tag=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
-          echo "latest_tag=$latest_tag" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          git checkout $latest_tag
-
-      - name: Compare with Latest Published Tag
-        run: |
-          latest_published_tag=$(curl -s -u :${{ secrets.TOKEN }} https://git.spgrn.com/v2/seang96/stirling-pdf/tags/list | jq -r '.tags[]' | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-fat$' | sort -V | tail -1 | sed 's/-fat$//')
-          echo "latest_published_tag=$latest_published_tag" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-          if [ -z "$latest_published_tag" ]; then
-            echo "No published tag found. Proceeding with the build."
-          elif [ "$latest_tag" = "$latest_published_tag" ]; then
-            echo "Image already exists. Exiting."
-            exit 0
-          fi
+          git clone --branch ${{ needs.check-latest-tag.outputs.latest_tag }}} --depth 1 https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF.git
 
       - name: Apply Patches
         run: |
@@ -76,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
             git.spgrn.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/s-pdf
             git.spgrn.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/stirling-pdf
           tags: |
-            type=raw,value=${{ env.latest_tag }}-fat
+            type=raw,value=${{ needs.check-latest-tag.outputs.latest_tag }}-fat
             type=raw,value=latest-fat
 
       - name: Build and push main Dockerfile fat
@@ -88,5 +97,5 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta3.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta3.outputs.labels }}
-          build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ env.latest_tag }}
+          build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ needs.check-latest-tag.outputs.latest_tag }}
           platforms: linux/amd64
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