diff --git a/.github/workflows/node.yaml b/.github/workflows/node.yaml
index c09227e..d52ce93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node.yaml
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: build image
 
+    needs:
+      - Linux-arm64
+
     concurrency:
       group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: false
@@ -304,6 +307,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Determine files to upload
+        id: filenames
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+          COUNT=$(git rev-list --count HEAD)
+          VERSION=$(node -e "console.log(require('./package.json').version)")
+
+          echo "sourcename=pi-image/output-satellitepi/image.gz" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "targetname=companion-satellite-pi-${COUNT}-${HASH}.img.gz" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "longversion=${VERSION}+${COUNT}-${HASH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: install packer
         run: |
           curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
@@ -314,7 +329,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd pi-image
           sudo packer init satellitepi.pkr.hcl
-          sudo packer build --var branch=${GITHUB_REF_NAME} satellitepi.pkr.hcl
+          sudo packer build --var branch=${GITHUB_REF_NAME} --var "build=${{ steps.filenames.outputs.longversion }}" satellitepi.pkr.hcl
         env:
           PACKER_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -330,18 +345,6 @@ jobs:
 
           sudo gzip -n image
 
-      - name: Determine files to upload
-        id: filenames
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-          COUNT=$(git rev-list --count HEAD)
-          VERSION=$(node -e "console.log(require('./package.json').version)")
-
-          echo "sourcename=pi-image/output-satellitepi/image.gz" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "targetname=companion-satellite-pi-${COUNT}-${HASH}.img.gz" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "longversion=${VERSION}+${COUNT}-${HASH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
       - name: Upload build
         uses: bitfocus/actions/upload-and-notify@main
         with:
diff --git a/pi-image/install.sh b/pi-image/install.sh
index e014194..045bcb1 100644
--- a/pi-image/install.sh
+++ b/pi-image/install.sh
@@ -54,12 +54,11 @@ git config --global pull.rebase false
 
 
 # run the update script
-if [ "$SATELLITE_BUILD" == "beta" ] || [ "$SATELLITE_BUILD" == "experimental" ]; then
-    ./pi-image/update.sh beta
+if [ "$SATELLITE_BRANCH" == "main" ]; then
+    ./pi-image/update.sh beta "$SATELLITE_BUILD"
 else
     ./pi-image/update.sh stable "$SATELLITE_BUILD"
 fi
-# ./pi-image/update.sh $SATELLITE_BRANCH
 
 # install update script dependencies, as they were ignored
 yarn --cwd "/usr/local/src/companion-satellite/update-prompt" install
diff --git a/pi-image/satellitepi.pkr.hcl b/pi-image/satellitepi.pkr.hcl
index 56c8465..ec4f470 100644
--- a/pi-image/satellitepi.pkr.hcl
+++ b/pi-image/satellitepi.pkr.hcl
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ variable "branch" {
   default = "main"
 }
 
+variable "build" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "beta"
+}
+
 source "arm-image" "satellitepi" {
   iso_checksum              = "sha256:9ce5e2c8c6c7637cd2227fdaaf0e34633e6ebedf05f1c88e00f833cbb644db4b"
   iso_url                   = "https://downloads.raspberrypi.com/raspios_lite_arm64/images/raspios_lite_arm64-2023-12-11/2023-12-11-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img.xz"
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ build {
       
 			# run the script
       "export SATELLITE_BRANCH=${var.branch}",
+      "export SATELLITE_BUILD=${var.build}",
       "chmod +x /tmp/install.sh",
       "/tmp/install.sh"
     ]