diff --git a/.github/workflows/bioc-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/bioc-check.yaml
index 8744697..cfb4d21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bioc-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bioc-check.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # workflow derived from: https://github.com/insightsengineering/bioc-check-action
-
+# but the above action doesn't actually work lol, it always fails, so I changed it
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -20,5 +20,21 @@ jobs:
           http-user-agent: release
           use-public-rspm: true
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          install.packages("BiocManager")
+          BiocManager::install("BiocCheck")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
       - name: Run BiocCheck
-        uses: insightsengineering/bioc-check-action@v1
+        run: |
+          bc_res <- BiocCheck::BiocCheck()
+          print(paste0("Errors: ", length(bc_res$error)))
+          print(paste0("Warnings: ", length(bc_res$warning)))
+          print(paste0("Notes: ", length(bc_res$note)))
+          n_errors <- length(bc_res$error)
+          Sys.setenv("BC_ERRORS" = n_errors)
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+      - name: Check BiocCheck results
+        run: |
+          if [[ $BC_ERRORS -gt 0 ]]; then exit 1; else echo "BiocCheck passed!"; fi
+        shell: bash
diff --git a/inst/CITATION b/inst/CITATION
index aff2571..dbbc0ac 100644
--- a/inst/CITATION
+++ b/inst/CITATION
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ citHeader("To cite scLANE in publications use:")
 citEntry(
   entry    = "Manual",
   title    = "Single Cell Linear Adaptive Expression Testing (scLANE)",
-  author   = "Jack Leary and Rhonda Bacher",
+  journal  = "Zenodo",
+  author   = c(person(given = c("Jack", "R."), family = "Leary").
+               person(given = "Rhonda", family = "Bacher"))
   year     = "2023",
   note     = "R package version 0.7.7",
   url      = "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10106689",