diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebook_colab_gen.yml b/.github/workflows/notebook_colab_gen.yml
index 5b8dfdb..77a2bd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notebook_colab_gen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notebook_colab_gen.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4  
       - name: Run the colab build script
         run: python build_scripts/colab_nb_builder.py --directory notebooks
-      - run: echo "Job status is ${{ job.status }}"
+      - name: switch from HTTPS to SSH
+        run: git remote set-url origin ${{ secrets.ssh }}
       - name: check for changes
         run: git status
       - name: stage changed files
@@ -21,3 +22,4 @@ jobs:
         run: git fetch
       - name: push code
         run: git push
+      - run: echo "Job status is ${{ job.status }}"