diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 7677dfc..f665b6c 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
 ^Meta$
 ^Dockerfile$
 ^.devcontainer
+^.venv/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/R_CDM_check_hades.yaml b/.github/workflows/R_CDM_check_hades.yaml
index a1a5f45..7fe0efb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R_CDM_check_hades.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R_CDM_check_hades.yaml
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ jobs:
         run: | 
           uv venv -p 3.11 && \
           uv pip install polars tqdm connectorx pyarrow pynvml numpy && \
-          uv pip install torch --index https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/
-
+          uv pip install torch --index https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/ && \
+          export RETICULATE_PYTHON="./venv/bin/python"
+          
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           args: 'c("--no-manual", "--as-cran")'