diff --git a/polycat.spec b/polycat.spec
index 49fe870..67be631 100644
--- a/polycat.spec
+++ b/polycat.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Requires:       glibc
 A runcat module for polybar (or waybar) written in C++ 
 
 %prep
+mkdir ./polycat/
+cd ./polycat/
 tar --zstd -xf ${COMPILED_DIR:-/compiled}/polycat/polycat.tar.zst
 
 %install
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 9503cf8..4ce1f8a 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
+built_dir=${COMPILED_DIR:-/compiled}/polycat
+version=$(cat $built_dir/version)
+repo_dir=${REPO_DIR:-/repo}
+
+# skip if already up-to-date
+if $(ls polycat-* | grep -q "$version"); then
+    echo "package is already up to date, exiting"
+    exit
+fi
+
 # prep
 dnf install fedora-packager rpmdevtools createrepo_c -y
 rpmdev-setuptree
-built_dir=${COMPILED_DIR:-/compiled}/polycat
-version=$(cat $built_dir/version)
-repo_dir=${REPO_DIR:-/repo}
 
 # update spec file
 sed -i "s/Version:.*/Version:        $version/g" polycat.spec
@@ -15,8 +22,9 @@ sed -i "s/CHANGELOG_MESSAGE_HERE/Update to $version/g" polycat.spec
 sed -i "s/RPM_PACKAGER_NAME/$RPM_PACKAGER_NAME/g" polycat.spec
 sed -i "s/RPM_PACKAGER_EMAIL/$RPM_PACKAGER_EMAIL/g" polycat.spec
 
-# build package
+# build package and move to the repo
 rpmbuild -bb polycat.spec
+mv ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/polycat-$version-* $repo_dir/
 
 # remove old versions
 cd $repo_dir