diff --git a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
index 52bff87e0c..49d06fc430 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ env:
   BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
   BASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref}}
   PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-  NX_BASE_BRANCH: origin/${{ github.base_ref || 'master'}}
+  NX_BASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.base_ref || 'master'}}
 
 jobs:
   lint:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: "yarn"
       - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Fetch remote references
-        run: git fetch origin "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"
+        run: git fetch origin ${{ env.NX_BASE_BRANCH }}
       # Run build all the projects
       - run: yarn build --since=${{ env.NX_BASE_BRANCH }}
       # Check the types of the projects built via esbuild
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: "yarn"
       - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Fetch remote references
-        run: git fetch origin "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"
+        run: git fetch origin ${{ env.NX_BASE_BRANCH }}
       - run: yarn test --ignore=@budibase/worker --ignore=@budibase/server --ignore=@budibase/pro --since=${{ env.NX_BASE_BRANCH }}
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: "yarn"
       - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Fetch remote references
-        run: git fetch origin "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"
+        run: git fetch origin ${{ env.NX_BASE_BRANCH }}
       - name: Test worker and server
         run: yarn test --scope=@budibase/worker --scope=@budibase/server --since=${{ env.NX_BASE_BRANCH }}
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3