diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b8c607b00..35ef670c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
           find . -ls
           rsync -av --delete -I --exclude '_index.md' drivers/ nosqlbench-build-docs/site/content/docs/drivers
           rsync -av --delete -I --exclude '_index.md' bindings/ nosqlbench-build-docs/site/content/docs/bindings
-          echo "previewdocs.nosqlbench.io" > nosqlbench-build-docs/site/staticCNAME
+          echo "previewdocs.nosqlbench.io" > nosqlbench-build-docs/site/static/CNAME
           cd nosqlbench-build-docs
           git add -A
           CHANGES=$(git status --porcelain 2>/dev/null| wc -l)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 848a4f7e9..cc1fe4ae1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
           PRERELEASE_BRANCH_PATTERN: "main"
           GIT_RELEASE_BOT_NAME: "nb-droid"
           GIT_RELEASE_BOT_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.GIT_RELEASE_BOT_EMAIL }}
-          ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NBDROID_TOKEN }}
           GPG_ENABLED: "true"
           GPG_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_GPG_KEY_ID }}
           GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_GPG_KEY }}
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ jobs:
           PRERELEASE_BRANCH_PATTERN: "main"
           GIT_RELEASE_BOT_NAME: "nb-droid"
           GIT_RELEASE_BOT_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.GIT_RELEASE_BOT_EMAIL }}
-          ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NBDROID_TOKEN }}
           GPG_ENABLED: "true"
           GPG_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_GPG_KEY_ID }}
           GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_GPG_KEY }}
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 7d4a4c8a9..e1faa9eb0 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-- b8e0bcd26 (HEAD -> main, origin/main) Merge branch 'main' of github.com:nosqlbench/nosqlbench
+- a93c5acac (HEAD -> main, origin/main) checkpoint release for nb5
+- b8e0bcd26 Merge branch 'main' of github.com:nosqlbench/nosqlbench
 - 0eb71686a removed stale modules
 - d785fe4bb Merge pull request #893 from nosqlbench/my-nosqlbench-440
 - ea93403f4 (origin/my-nosqlbench-440) removed suffix parameter from tcp driver op dispensers (We have string templates to do that now)
@@ -181,3 +182,4 @@
 - c08f8b6b3 1) Add NB5 S4J example yaml files 2) Update NB5 S4J readme file 3) Minor code adjustments
 - 9a00af080 Merge branch 'nosqlbench:main' into main
 - c102b213a github actions release test
+- force build