diff --git a/.github/scripts/presets_examples.mjs b/.github/scripts/presets_examples.mjs
index 614cfe9b..534f7c07 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/presets_examples.mjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/presets_examples.mjs
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ console.log(`Mode: ${mode}`)
 const __metrics = paths.join(paths.dirname(url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "../..")
 const __presets = paths.join(__metrics, ".presets")
 
-if ((!await fs.access(__presets).then(_ => true).catch(_ => false)) || (!(await fs.lstat(__presets)).isDirectory()))
-  await sgit().clone(`https://github-actions[bot]:${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/lowlighter/metrics`, __presets, { "--branch": process.env.HEAD_REF || "presets", "--single-branch": true })
+if ((!await fs.access(__presets).then(_ => true).catch(_ => false)) || (!(await fs.lstat(__presets)).isDirectory())) {
+  let {HEAD_REF:branch, REPO:repo} = process.env
+  branch = branch || "presets"
+  repo = repo || "lowlighter/metrics"
+  console.log(`cloning: ${repo}@${branch}`)
+  await sgit().clone(`https://github-actions[bot]:${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${repo}`, __presets, { "--branch": branch, "--single-branch": true })
+}
 const git = sgit(__presets)
 await git.pull()
 const staged = new Set()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/branches.yml b/.github/workflows/branches.yml
index f3a5d761..471878d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/branches.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/branches.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Check automated branches
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request_target:
     branches:
       - main
       - latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.presets.yml b/.github/workflows/test.presets.yml
index 08bb5f39..4053a8e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.presets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.presets.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-name: Test
+name: Test (presets)
 
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ presets ]
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      HEAD_REF:
+      ref:
+        type: string
+      repo:
         type: string
 jobs:
 
@@ -27,4 +29,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: npm run test-presets
         env:
-          HEAD_REF: ${{ inputs.HEAD_REF }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          HEAD_REF: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+          REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
\ No newline at end of file