diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8998b60d6..d44374919 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .pio
+.pio_core
 pio
 
 # ignore vscode IDE settings files
diff --git a/bin/readprops.py b/bin/readprops.py
index 68516b74c..8a1d3dc47 100644
--- a/bin/readprops.py
+++ b/bin/readprops.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import configparser
 import subprocess
-
+import os
+run_number = os.getenv('GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER', '0')
 
 def readProps(prefsLoc):
     """Read the version of our project as a string"""
@@ -29,12 +30,12 @@ def readProps(prefsLoc):
         #     # short for 'dirty', we want to keep our verstrings source for protobuf reasons
         #     suffix = sha + "-d"
         verObj["long"] = "{}.{}".format(verObj["short"], suffix)
-        verObj["deb"] = "{}-ppa{}".format(verObj["short"], sha)
+        verObj["deb"] = "{}-{}~ppa{}".format(verObj["short"], run_number, sha)
     except:
         # print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
         # traceback.print_exc()
         verObj["long"] = verObj["short"]
-        verObj["deb"] = "{}-ppa".format(verObj["short"])
+        verObj["deb"] = "{}-{}~ppa".format(verObj["short"], run_number)
 
     # print("firmware version " + verStr)
     return verObj
diff --git a/debian/ci_pack_sdeb.sh b/debian/ci_pack_sdeb.sh
index b8c40decb..9ce334859 100755
--- a/debian/ci_pack_sdeb.sh
+++ b/debian/ci_pack_sdeb.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/bash
-export DEBEMAIL="github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+export DEBEMAIL="jbennett@incomsystems.biz"
 export PLATFORMIO_LIBDEPS_DIR=pio/libdeps
 export PLATFORMIO_PACKAGES_DIR=pio/packages
+export PLATFORMIO_CORE_DIR=pio/core
 
 # Download libraries to `libdeps`
 platformio pkg install -e native
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f535ad6eb..8098c4edb 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 # https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/envvars.html
 PIO_ENV:=\
+	PLATFORMIO_CORE_DIR=pio/core \
 	PLATFORMIO_LIBDEPS_DIR=pio/libdeps \
 	PLATFORMIO_PACKAGES_DIR=pio/packages
 
diff --git a/debian/source/include-binaries b/debian/source/include-binaries
index 1632328ca..aef4a7027 100644
--- a/debian/source/include-binaries
+++ b/debian/source/include-binaries
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pio/libdeps
-pio/packages
\ No newline at end of file
+pio/packages
+pio/core
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
index 0553b485d..94358cb74 100644
--- a/debian/source/options
+++ b/debian/source/options
@@ -1 +1 @@
-extend-diff-ignore = "\.pio"
\ No newline at end of file
+extend-diff-ignore = "\.pio\w*?$"
\ No newline at end of file