diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e4d922d0..b8b49c27 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@ macOS:
 
 gradle:
   image: debian:bookworm-slim
+  rules:
+    - if: "$PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"
   <<: *apt-template
   variables:
     GIT_DEPTH: 1000
@@ -485,12 +487,15 @@ gradle:
           python3-requests
     # if this is a merge request fork, then only check if relevant files changed
     - if [ "$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE" != "fdroid" ]; then
+        set -x;
         git fetch https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git;
         for f in `git diff --name-only --diff-filter=d FETCH_HEAD...HEAD`; do
-           test "$f" == "makebuildserver" && export CHANGED="yes";
-           test "$f" == "gradlew-fdroid" && export CHANGED="yes";
+           test "$f" == "makebuildserver" && export CHANGED="$f $CHANGED";
+           test "$f" == "gradlew-fdroid" && export CHANGED="$f $CHANGED";
         done;
         test -z "$CHANGED" && exit;
+        echo $CHANGED;
+        set +x;
       fi
     - ./tests/gradle-release-checksums.py
 
diff --git a/fdroidserver/index.py b/fdroidserver/index.py
index fb1c4279..b65aa2b1 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/index.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/index.py
@@ -152,11 +152,6 @@ def _should_file_be_generated(path, magic_string):
 
 
 def make_website(apps, repodir, repodict):
-    _ignored, repo_pubkey_fingerprint = extract_pubkey()
-    repo_pubkey_fingerprint_stripped = repo_pubkey_fingerprint.replace(" ", "")
-    link = repodict["address"]
-    link_fingerprinted = ('{link}?fingerprint={fingerprint}'
-                          .format(link=link, fingerprint=repo_pubkey_fingerprint_stripped))
     # do not change this string, as it will break updates for files with older versions of this string
     autogenerate_comment = "auto-generated - fdroid index updates will overwrite this file"
 
@@ -168,6 +163,13 @@ def make_website(apps, repodir, repodict):
 
     if _should_file_be_generated(html_file, autogenerate_comment):
         import qrcode
+
+        _ignored, repo_pubkey_fingerprint = extract_pubkey()
+        repo_pubkey_fingerprint_stripped = repo_pubkey_fingerprint.replace(" ", "")
+        link = repodict["address"]
+        link_fingerprinted = '{link}?fingerprint={fingerprint}'.format(
+            link=link, fingerprint=repo_pubkey_fingerprint_stripped
+        )
         qrcode.make(link_fingerprinted).save(os.path.join(repodir, "index.png"))
         with open(html_file, 'w') as f:
             name = repodict["name"]