diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f2d0257d..1208cc57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       
       - run: cp .env.example .env
+      
+      # override defaults
+      - run: echo "OLLAMA_MODELS=" >> .env
+      - run: echo "VLLM_MODELS=" >> .env
+
       - run: bash launch.sh
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