diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 825e0e2..aa5a027 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+      
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-public-rspm: true
       
+      - name: Add cmdstanr repo
+        run: |
+          writeLines('options(repos = c(cmdstanr = "https://stan-dev.r-universe.dev", getOption(\"repos\")))', file("~/.Rprofile", "ab"))
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+      
       - name: Install cmdstanr
         run: |
           Rscript -e 'install.packages("cmdstanr", repos = c("https://stan-dev.r-universe.dev", getOption("repos")))'
@@ -55,4 +61,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           upload-snapshots: true
-          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--no-build-vignettes","--ignore-vignettes")'
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3bf1129..7ec966c 100755
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
 NeedsCompilation: yes
 SystemRequirements: GNU make
+Additional_repositories: https://stan-dev.r-universe.dev
 VignetteBuilder: R.rsp
 RoxygenNote: 7.3.2