diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e74ee6e36..a50fe4a98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
         run: libexec/version-bump.sh ${{ github.ref_name }}
       - name: build
-        run: ./build-coatjava.sh --clara --cvmfs --no-progress -T${{ env.nthreads }}
+        run: |
+          ./build-coatjava.sh --cvmfs --no-progress -T${{ env.nthreads }}
+          ./install-clara -b -c ./coatjava ./clara  
       - name: tar # tarball to preserve permissions
         run: |
           tar czvf coatjava.tar.gz coatjava
diff --git a/install-clara b/install-clara
index 876d0c408..ec5d65f5f 100755
--- a/install-clara
+++ b/install-clara
@@ -56,10 +56,17 @@ function cleanup() {
 }
 
 function build_clara {
-    git clone --branch $clara --depth 1 https://code.jlab.org/hallb/clas12/clara-java
+    #git clone --branch $clara --depth 1 https://code.jlab.org/hallb/clas12/clara-java
+    git clone --depth 1 https://code.jlab.org/hallb/clas12/clara-java
     cd clara-java && CLARA_HOME=$1 ./gradlew deploy && cd -
 }
 
+function build_grapes {
+    #git clone --branch $grapes --depth 1 https://code.jlab.org/hallb/clas12/coatjava/grapes
+    git clone --depth 1 https://code.jlab.org/hallb/clas12/coatjava/grapes
+    cd grapes && mvn package && cd -
+}
+
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
 # Configure:
@@ -133,14 +140,14 @@ fi
 if ! compgen -G "$coatjava/lib/clas/coat-libs-*.jar" > /dev/null
 then
     echo -e "\nRetrieving COATJAVA version $coatjava ..."
-    get https://clasweb.jlab.org/clas12offline/distribution/coatjava/coatjava-$coatjava.tar.gz
-    coatjava=./coatjava
+    get https://github.com/JeffersonLab/coatjava/releases/download/$coatjava/coatjava-$coatjava.tar.gz
+    coatjava=./coatjava-$coatjava
 fi
 mkdir -p clara-cre/plugins/clas12/config
 cp -Lr $coatjava/etc $coatjava/bin $coatjava/lib* clara-cre/plugins/clas12
 
 # GRAPES:
 echo -e "\nRetrieving GRAPES version $grapes ..."
-get https://clasweb.jlab.org/clas12offline/distribution/grapes/grapes-$grapes.tar.gz
-mv grapes-$grapes clara-cre/plugins/grapes
-
+build_grapes $PWD/grapes
+mkdir -p clara-cre/plugins/grapes/lib/core/
+cp grapes/target/grapes-*core*.jar clara-cre/plugins/grapes/lib/core/