diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/base-build.yml b/.gitea/workflows/base-build.yml
index 9d91d0a..c3718a3 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/base-build.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/base-build.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    # paths:
-    #   - 'base-image-script/**'
+    paths:
+      - 'base-image-script/**'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 12 * * 0'  # Sundays at noon UTC
 
@@ -20,28 +20,25 @@ jobs:
   build-rootfs-archives:
     runs-on: docker-build
 
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        version: [buster, bullseye, bookworm, docker-build]
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Build Docker image for ${{ matrix.version }}
+      - name: Build all Debian rootfs versions sequentially
         run: |
-          docker build \
-            --build-arg VERSION=${{ matrix.version }} \
-            -t fithwum/debian-${{ matrix.version }}-base .
+          versions=(buster bullseye bookworm docker-build)
 
-      - name: Run rootfs builder (pt1 script) for ${{ matrix.version }}
-        run: |
-          docker run --rm --privileged \
-            -v "$(pwd)":/output \
-            fithwum/debian-${{ matrix.version }}-base \
-            bash base-image-script/debian-${{ matrix.version }}_pt1.sh
+          for version in "${versions[@]}"; do
+            echo "[INFO] Building Debian $version rootfs..."
+            docker build --build-arg VERSION=$version -t fithwum/debian-$version-base .
 
-      - name: List output archives for ${{ matrix.version }}
+            docker run --rm --privileged \
+              -v "$(pwd)":/output \
+              fithwum/debian-$version-base \
+              bash base-image-script/debian-${version}_pt1.sh
+          done
+
+      - name: List output archives
         run: |
           echo "[INFO] Looking for tarballs in workspace..."
           find . -name '*.tar.bz2' -ls
@@ -58,8 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git clone "${{ env.REPO_URL }}" upload-repo
 
       - name: Clean old archives in upload-repo
-        run: |
-          rm -rf upload-repo/*/*.tar.bz2
+        run: rm -rf upload-repo/*/*.tar.bz2
 
       - name: Copy new archives to upload-repo
         run: |
@@ -127,6 +123,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
 
+
 # name: Build and Push Multi-Arch Docker Images
 
 # on: