diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-network.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-network.yml
index e6e1c37eb3c7..577dbe411539 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-network.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-network.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.checkout-ref.outputs.ref }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-depth: 1
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: recursive # Initialize git submodules for l1-contracts dependencies
 
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ jobs:
           ./scripts/install_deps.sh
           ./scripts/network_deploy.sh "${{ inputs.network }}"
 
+          # need to source this for CLUSTER
+          source "./environments/${{ inputs.network }}.env"
+
           if [ -n "$CLUSTER" ]; then
             echo "cluster=$CLUSTER" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging-networks.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging-networks.yml
index eb7de332e97a..f2e3df497439 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging-networks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging-networks.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_run' && github.event.workflow_run.head_sha || github.ref }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-depth: 1
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Determine branch