diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index dc9787e3701..35edc270bc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -37,14 +37,22 @@ jobs:
         id: branch-name
         uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v5.1
 
-      # - name: Check for runtime changes
-      #   env:
-      #     BASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
-      #     GITHUB_BRANCH_NAME: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}
-
-        # id: check_runtime
-        # if: contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'needs-benchmarks')
-        # run: .maintain/check_runtime.sh
+      - name: Check for runtime changes
+        env:
+          BASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          GITHUB_BRANCH_NAME: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}
+
+        id: check_runtime
+        if: contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'needs-benchmarks')
+        run: .maintain/check_runtime.sh
+
+      - uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v8 
+        with: 
+          add: 'runtime/picasso'
+          message: 'Pushing benchmark changes'
+          push: "true"
+          new_branch: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}
+
 
       - name: Benchmark Test
         env:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d05b7dda3de..e6c8082f3a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ REPO=composablefi
 SERVICE_NAME=composable
 INSTALL_DIR=docker/
 IMAGE_URL:=${REPO}/${SERVICE_NAME}
-RELEASE_VERSION:=$(shell git tag --sort=committerdate | grep -E '^[0-9]' | tail -1)
+RELEASE_VERSION:=$(shell git tag --sort=committerdate | grep -E '^v[0-9]' | tail -1)
 CARGO_VERSION:=$(sed -i '' "s|^version =.*|version = "${VERSION}"|" node/Cargo.toml)
 AUTO_UPDATE:=1