diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index ae3d1a6db..7033580f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
           gsutil cp -r public/build gs://nextjournal-snapshots/clerk/book/${{ github.sha }}
 
       - name: 🏗 Build Clerk Static App with default Notebooks
-        run: clojure -J-Dclojure.main.report=stderr -X:demo:nextjournal/clerk :package :single-file
+        run: clojure -J-Dclojure.main.report=stderr -X:sci:demo:nextjournal/clerk :package :single-file
 
       - name: 📠 Copy static build to bucket under SHA
         run: |
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index a635f793f..8cc61690b 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -83,10 +83,9 @@
                                org.clojure/data.csv {:mvn/version "1.0.0"}
                                hickory/hickory {:mvn/version "0.7.1"}
                                org.mentat/emmy {:mvn/version "0.32.0"
-                                                :exclusions [org.babashka/sci]}
-                               ;; emmy needs SCI, here we use the same version as in render:
-                               #_#_org.babashka/sci {:git/url "https://github.com/babashka/sci"
-                                                 :git/sha "c556f4474303c61da72e7a07eef496dcbf66a56e"}
+                                                :exclusions [org.babashka/sci]
+                                                ;; use :sci alias in addition to this
+                                                }
                                io.github.nextjournal/clerk-slideshow {:git/sha "11a83fea564da04b9d17734f2031a4921d917893"}}}
 
            :nextjournal/garden {:exec-fn nextjournal.clerk/serve!