diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml b/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml
index 3981ce85..49d1e81a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml	
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream pretest.yaml	
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ jobs:
             -   name: checkout subm fork
                 uses: actions/checkout@main
                 with:
-                    repository: ${{ matrix.repo }}
-                    ref: 'main'
+                    repository: ${{ matrix.remove-data.repo }}
+                    # ref: 'main'
                     token: ${{ secrets.POCGL_pretest_upstream_PAT }}
                     sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
                     sparse-checkout: '<NOTHING>'