diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index d596b9c..e4f1083 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -11,42 +11,49 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     env:
       BUILDROOT: "buildroot_${{ matrix.platform }}"
-      GIT_DEPENDENCIES: tihmstar/libgeneral
+      GIT_DEPENDENCIES: libgeneral
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - name: prepre buildroot
-      run: mkdir $BUILDROOT
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
     - name:  Install pre-dependencies
-      run: |
+      run:   |
          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
-              sudo apt-get install -y clang #i hate gcc soo much D:
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y jq
+
          elif [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "macOS" ]; then
-              brew install autoconf automake libtool pkg-config
+          brew install autoconf automake libtool jq pkg-config
+
          else
-              echo "$RUNNER_OS not supported"
-              exit 1
+          echo "$RUNNER_OS not supported"
+          exit 1
          fi
       shell: bash
     - name: download dependencies
-      env:
+      env: 
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         get_latest_release() {
-          curl --silent --header 'authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" | # Get latest release from GitHub api
-          grep '"tag_name":' |                                            # Get tag line
-          rev | cut -d '"' -f2 | rev                                   # Pluck JSON value
+          url="https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest"
+          echo "url: ${url}" >&2
+          curl --silent --header 'authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' "${url}" | # Get latest release from GitHub api
+          jq .tag_name  | # Get tag
+          tr -d '"' # Strip quotes
         }
         mkdir depdir
         cd depdir
         mkdir $BUILDROOT
         IFS=',' read -r -a deparray <<< "$GIT_DEPENDENCIES"; for d in ${deparray[@]}; do
-          echo "Got dependency: $d"
-          r=$(echo $d | cut -d '/' -f 2)
-          echo "Got reponame: $r"
-          tag=$(get_latest_release $d);
+          dep=$d
+          if ! echo ${dep} | grep -q '/'; then
+            dep=${{ github.repository_owner }}/${dep}
+          fi
+          echo "Got dependency: ${dep}"
+          tag=$(get_latest_release ${dep});
           echo "Found tag: $tag"
-          wget "https://github.com/$d/releases/download/$tag/$BUILDROOT.zip"
+          wget "https://github.com/${dep}/releases/download/$tag/$BUILDROOT.zip"
           unzip -u "$BUILDROOT.zip"
           rm "$BUILDROOT.zip"
         done
@@ -54,16 +61,34 @@ jobs:
         sudo cp -r $BUILDROOT/* /
         cd ..
         rm -rf depdir
+    - name: prepre buildroot
+      run: mkdir -p $BUILDROOT
     - name: autogen
-      env:
-        CC: clang
-        CXX: clang++
       run: ./autogen.sh --enable-static --disable-shared
     - name: make
-      run: make
+      run: |
+        if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "macOS" ]; then
+          IFS=',' read -r -a deparray <<< "$MAC_DYNAMIC_LIBS"; for d in ${deparray[@]}; do        
+            echo "moving library $d"
+            cd $(brew --prefix $d)
+            find . -name "*.dylib" -exec mv {} {}.bak \;
+          done       
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+          
+          make -j || make
+          
+          IFS=',' read -r -a deparray <<< "$MAC_DYNAMIC_LIBS"; for d in ${deparray[@]}; do        
+            echo "restoring library $d"
+            cd $(brew --prefix $d)
+          find . -name "*.dylib.bak" | while read f; do o=$(echo $f | rev | cut -d '.' -f2- | rev); mv $f $o; done
+          done       
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+        else
+          make -j || make
+        fi
     - name: make install
       run: make DESTDIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/$BUILDROOT install
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: ${{ env.BUILDROOT }}
         path: ${{ env.BUILDROOT }}
@@ -71,16 +96,17 @@ jobs:
   release:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Download ubuntu artifact
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: buildroot_ubuntu-latest
-        path: buildroot_ubuntu-latest
+        name: buildroot_ubuntu-latest   
+        path: buildroot_ubuntu-latest    
     - name: Download macos artifact
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: buildroot_macos-latest
         path: buildroot_macos-latest
@@ -94,32 +120,16 @@ jobs:
         zip -r buildroot_ubuntu-latest.zip buildroot_ubuntu-latest
     - name: Create Release
       id: create_release
-      uses: actions/create-release@v1.0.0
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
+        prerelease: false
+        draft: false
         tag_name: ${{ env.BUILD_VERSION_NUM }}
-        release_name: Build ${{ env.BUILD_VERSION_STR }}
+        name: Build ${{ env.BUILD_VERSION_STR }}
         body: ${{ env.COMMIT_MSG }}
-        draft: false
-        prerelease: false
-    - name: Upload Release Asset ubuntu
-      id: upload-release-asset-ubuntu
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: buildroot_ubuntu-latest.zip
-        asset_name: buildroot_ubuntu-latest.zip
-        asset_content_type: application/zip
-    - name: Upload Release Asset macos
-      id: upload-release-asset-macos
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: buildroot_macos-latest.zip
-        asset_name: buildroot_macos-latest.zip
-        asset_content_type: application/zip
+        files: |
+          buildroot_ubuntu-latest.zip
+          buildroot_macos-latest.zip
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