diff --git a/.update.sh b/.update.sh
index fb06ddd..650ac88 100644
--- a/.update.sh
+++ b/.update.sh
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ fi
 # update
 if [[ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" == "$DFS_COMMIT" ]]; then
     fmt_info "nothing to do"
-    post_log "INFO" "$THIS_FILE" "nothing to do"
 else
     fmt_info "checking out to commit $DFS_COMMIT ..."
     if [[ -z "$DFS_DEV" ]]; then
-        post_log "INFO" "$THIS_FILE" "will check out to commit $DFS_COMMIT"
+        post_beacon "dfs-update"
         git -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout $DFS_COMMIT
         cp ./.update.sh ./update.sh && chmod +x ./update.sh && exit $DFS_UPDATED_RET
     else
diff --git a/tools/test.zsh b/tools/test.zsh
index 634f07e..b6af5ec 100644
--- a/tools/test.zsh
+++ b/tools/test.zsh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ grep -q ".zshrc2" ~/.zshrc
 # check scripts and functions
 dfs version
 dfs log 1
+dfs beacon github-ci
 z ~
 test ~ -ef "$(pwd)"
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