diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-on-rpi.yml b/.github/workflows/test-on-rpi.yml
index fc88449..eddae1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-on-rpi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-on-rpi.yml
@@ -43,16 +43,6 @@ jobs:
             cd /home/inky
             sudo apt-get update -y
             
-            # try support for python 3.11.8
-            wget -q https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.8/Python-3.11.8.tgz
-            sudo apt install build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev libsqlite3-dev wget libbz2-dev -y
-            tar -xzf Python-3.11.8.tgz
-            cd Python-3.11.8/
-            ./configure --enable-optimizations
-            sudo make altinstall > /dev/null 2>&1
-            sudo rm /usr/bin/python
-            sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3.12 /usr/bin/python
-            
             sudo apt-get install zlib1g libjpeg-dev libatlas-base-dev rustc libopenjp2-7 python3-dev scons libssl-dev python3-venv python3-pip git libfreetype6-dev wkhtmltopdf libopenblas-dev -y
             echo $PWD && ls
             git clone --branch main --single-branch https://github.com/aceinnolab/Inkycal
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-os.yml b/.github/workflows/update-os.yml
index b469f28..ae8f680 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-os.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-os.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ jobs:
             whoami
             cd /home/inky
             sudo apt-get update -y
+            
+            # add python3.11. Python3.12 currently has some issues with matplotlib
+            wget -q https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.8/Python-3.11.8.tgz
+            sudo apt install build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev libsqlite3-dev wget libbz2-dev -y
+            tar -xzf Python-3.11.8.tgz
+            cd Python-3.11.8/
+            ./configure --enable-optimizations
+            sudo make altinstall > /dev/null 2>&1
+            sudo rm /usr/bin/python
+            sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3.12 /usr/bin/python
+            
             python --version
             sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
             sudo apt-get install zlib1g libjpeg-dev libatlas-base-dev rustc libopenjp2-7 python3-dev scons libssl-dev python3-venv python3-pip git libfreetype6-dev wkhtmltopdf libopenblas-dev -y
@@ -52,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
             python -m pytest
 
             # install deps for 12.48" display
-            wget http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/bcm2835-1.71.tar.gz
+            wget https://github.com/aceinnolab/Inkycal/raw/assets/tests/bcm2835-1.71.tar
             tar zxvf bcm2835-1.71.tar.gz
             cd bcm2835-1.71/
             sudo ./configure && sudo make && sudo make check && sudo make install