diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 795326e..2e2cb20 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
 stages:
-  - prep
   - build
 
-fetch-versions:
-  image: bash:latest
-  stage: prep
-  script:
-    - apk add git curl jq
-    - echo "export NEED_UPDATE=false" > .env.update
-    - git clone https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab
-    - cd omnibus-gitlab
-    - "HALIA_VER=$(curl --request GET -L --header 'Accept: application/json' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' https://git.halia.dev/api/v4/projects/24/registry/repositories/6/tags | jq -r '.[].location' | grep -v latest | cut -d ':' -f2 | sort -V | tail -1)"
-    - "GITLAB_VER=$(git tag | sort -V | grep -v rc | grep ce | tail -1 | cut -d '+' -f1)"
-    - if [ $HALIA_VER != $GITLAB_VER ]; then echo "export NEED_UPDATE=true" > ../.env.update; fi
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - .env.update
-    expire_in: 1 week
-
 build-image:
   image: docker:latest
   stage: build
@@ -25,12 +8,15 @@ build-image:
     - name: docker:dind
   script:
     - source .env.update
+    - wget "https://img.shields.io/badge/image version-$GITLAB_SHORT_VER-informational" -O ../../image_version.svg
     - if [ "$NEED_UPDATE" = false ]; then exit 0; fi
-    - apk add git wget
+    - apk add git wget curl jq
     - git clone https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab
     - cd omnibus-gitlab
+    - "HALIA_VER=$(curl --request GET -L --header 'Accept: application/json' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' https://git.halia.dev/api/v4/projects/24/registry/repositories/6/tags | jq -r '.[].location' | grep -v latest | cut -d ':' -f2 | sort -V | tail -1)"
     - "GITLAB_VER=$(git tag | sort -V | grep -v rc | grep ce | tail -1)"
     - "GITLAB_SHORT_VER=$(echo $GITLAB_VER | cut -d '+' -f 1)"
+    - if [ $HALIA_VER != $GITLAB_VER ]; then echo "No update available, exciting..."; exit 0; fi
     - git checkout $GITLAB_VER
     - "GITLAB_VER=$(echo $GITLAB_VER | tr '+' -)"
     - NEW_URL="wget --no-check-certificate --content-disposition 'https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/packages/ubuntu/focal/gitlab-ce_${GITLAB_VER}_arm64.deb/download.deb' -O /tmp/gitlab.deb"
@@ -43,7 +29,6 @@ build-image:
     - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
     - docker build -t $CI_REGISTRY/athens-school/gitlab:$GITLAB_SHORT_VER .
     - docker push $CI_REGISTRY/athens-school/gitlab:$GITLAB_SHORT_VER
-    - wget "https://img.shields.io/badge/image version-$GITLAB_SHORT_VER-informational" -O ../../image_version.svg
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - image_version.svg