diff --git a/.github/workflows/render-book.yml b/.github/workflows/render-book.yml
index 12eba5b..b3ac617 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render-book.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render-book.yml
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ jobs: # This block defines the jobs to be run
 
       - name: Install Quarto
         run: |
-         Rscript -e "install.packages('remotes')"
+         Rscript -e "install.packages('remotes', repos='https://cloud.r-project.org/')"
          Rscript -e "remotes::install_github('quarto-dev/quarto-cli')"
 
-
       - name: Render Quarto Book # This step renders the Quarto book
         run: quarto render . # all quarto files in root directory
 
diff --git a/intro.qmd b/intro.qmd
index 0b929eb..67b638c 100644
--- a/intro.qmd
+++ b/intro.qmd
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if (!("emo"  %in% ipkg)){
 
 <!-- ::: -->
 
-You need to make sure that the `bookdown` package is installed in your local computer
+You need to make sure that  `bookdown` package is installed in your local computer
 
 ```{r eval=FALSE}
 install.packages("bookdown")