diff --git a/tools/repository/repo b/tools/repository/repo
index b432a15206..72bfac2ec8 100755
--- a/tools/repository/repo
+++ b/tools/repository/repo
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 adding_packages() {
 # add deb files to repository if they are not already there
 for f in "${4}${2}"/*.deb; do
+
 	local package name version arch
 	# read package
 	package=$(dpkg-deb -I "${f}")
@@ -23,10 +24,30 @@ for f in "${4}${2}"/*.deb; do
 		echo -e "Checking and adding \x1B[92m$name\x1B[0m to repository \x1B[92m$release $3\x1B[0m"
 		aptly repo add -force-replace=true -config="${CONFIG}" "${1}" "${f}" &> /dev/null
 	fi
+
 done
 }
 
 
+fake_package()
+{
+fake_package_dir=$2
+tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+mkdir -p "${tmp_dir}/${fake_package_dir}"/DEBIAN/
+# set up control file
+cat <<- END > "${tmp_dir}/${fake_package_dir}"/DEBIAN/control
+Package: empty
+Version: $3
+Architecture: all
+Description: Fake pacakge
+Maintainer: Armbian
+END
+dpkg-deb --build "${tmp_dir}/${fake_package_dir}" &> /dev/null
+aptly repo add -force-replace=true -config="${CONFIG}" "${1}" "${tmp_dir}/${fake_package_dir}" &> /dev/null
+}
+
+
+
 # publishing repository
 #
 # $1: Input folder
@@ -40,15 +61,14 @@ publishing() {
 IFS=', ' read -r -a DISTROS <<< "$5"
 local errors=0
 # publish all, update selected
-local distributions=("jessy" "xenial" "stretch" "bionic" "focal" "hirsute" "impish" "jammy" "lunar" "kinetic" "buster" "bullseye" "bookworm" "sid")
+local distributions=($(grep -rw config/distributions/*/support -ve 'eos' | cut -d"/" -f3))
+#local distributions=("jessy" "xenial" "stretch" "bionic" "focal" "hirsute" "impish" "jammy" "lunar" "kinetic" "buster" "bullseye" "bookworm" "sid")
 for release in "${distributions[@]}"; do
 	local forceoverwrite=""
 
 	ADDING_PACKAGES="false"
 	[[ " ${DISTROS[@]} " =~ " ${release} " ]] && ADDING_PACKAGES="true"
 
-	[[ $(find ${1} -type f -name "*.deb" 2> /dev/null | wc -l) -eq 0 ]] && continue
-
 	# let's drop from publish if exits
 	if [[ -n $(aptly publish list -config="${CONFIG}" -raw | awk '{print $(NF)}' | grep "${release}") ]]; then
 		aptly publish drop -config="${CONFIG}" "${release}" > /dev/null 2>&1
@@ -57,50 +77,47 @@ for release in "${distributions[@]}"; do
 	if [[ -z $(aptly repo list -config="${CONFIG}" -raw | awk '{print $(NF)}' | grep "${release}") ]]; then
 		aptly repo create -config="${CONFIG}" -distribution="${release}" \
 		-component="main,${release}-utils,${release}-desktop" -comment="Armbian main repository" "${release}"  > /dev/null 2>&1
+		fake_package "${release}" test 1234
 	fi
 	if [[ -z $(aptly repo list -config="${CONFIG}" -raw | awk '{print $(NF)}' | grep "${release}-utils") ]]; then
 		aptly repo create -config="${CONFIG}" -distribution="${release}" \
 		-component="${release}-utils" -comment="Armbian ${release} utilities" "${release}-utils" > /dev/null 2>&1
+		fake_package "${release}" test 1234
 	fi
 	if [[ -z $(aptly repo list -config="${CONFIG}" -raw | awk '{print $(NF)}' | grep "${release}-desktop") ]]; then
 		aptly repo create -config="${CONFIG}" -distribution="${release}" \
 		-component="${release}-desktop" -comment="Armbian ${release} desktop" "${release}-desktop" > /dev/null 2>&1
+		fake_package "${release}" test 1234
 	fi
 	# adding main
 	if find "$1"/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.deb" 2> /dev/null | grep -q .; then
 		[[ "${ADDING_PACKAGES}" == true ]] && adding_packages "$release" "" "main" "$1"
-	else
-		aptly repo add -config="${CONFIG}" "${release}" "example.deb" > /dev/null
 	fi
+
 	local COMPONENTS="main"
 	# adding release-specific main
 	if find "${1}/${release}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.deb" 2> /dev/null | grep -q .; then
 		[[ "${ADDING_PACKAGES}" == true ]] && adding_packages "${release}" "/${release}" "release packages" "$1"
-	else
-		# workaround - add dummy package to not trigger error
-		aptly repo add -config="${CONFIG}" "${release}" "example.deb" > /dev/null
 	fi
+
 	# adding release-specific utils
 	if find "${1}/extra/${release}-utils" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.deb" 2> /dev/null | grep -q .; then
 		[[ "${ADDING_PACKAGES}" == true ]] && adding_packages "${release}-utils" "/extra/${release}-utils" "release utils" "$1"
-	else
-		aptly repo add -config="${CONFIG}" "${release}-utils" "example.deb" > /dev/null
 	fi
 	COMPONENTS="${COMPONENTS} ${release}-utils"
 	# adding release-specific desktop
 	if find "${1}/extra/${release}-desktop" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.deb" 2> /dev/null | grep -q .; then
 		[[ "${ADDING_PACKAGES}" == true ]] && adding_packages "${release}-desktop" "/extra/${release}-desktop" "desktop" "$1"
-	else
-		# workaround - add dummy package to not trigger error
-		aptly repo add -config="${CONFIG}" "${release}-desktop" "example.deb" > /dev/null
 	fi
+
 	COMPONENTS="${COMPONENTS} ${release}-desktop"
 	local mainnum utilnum desknum
 	mainnum=$(aptly repo show -with-packages -config="${CONFIG}" "${release}" | grep "Number of packages" | awk '{print $NF}')
 	utilnum=$(aptly repo show -with-packages -config="${CONFIG}" "${release}-desktop" | grep "Number of packages" | awk '{print $NF}')
 	desknum=$(aptly repo show -with-packages -config="${CONFIG}" "${release}-utils" | grep "Number of packages" | awk '{print $NF}')
-	if [ $mainnum -gt 0 ] && [ $utilnum -gt 0 ] && [ $desknum -gt 0 ]; then
+	#if [ $mainnum -gt 0 ] && [ $utilnum -gt 0 ] && [ $desknum -gt 0 ]; then
 		# write repo sync control file
+		mkdir -p ${2}/public/
 		sudo date +%s > ${2}/public/.control
 		# publish
 		echo "Publishing ${release}"
@@ -118,15 +135,16 @@ for release in "${distributions[@]}"; do
 			errors=$((errors + 1))
 			exit 0
 		fi
-	else
-		errors=$((errors + 1))
-		local err_txt=": All components must be present: main, utils and desktop for first build"
-	fi
+	#else
+	#	errors=$((errors + 1))
+	#	local err_txt=": All components must be present: main, utils and desktop for first build"
+	#fi
 done
 # cleanup
 aptly db cleanup -config="${CONFIG}" > /dev/null
 # key
-cp armbian.key "${2}"/public/
+mkdir -p "${2}"/public/
+cp config/armbian.key "${2}"/public/
 # display what we have
 (aptly repo list -config="${CONFIG}") | grep -E packages
 # remove debs if no errors found
@@ -134,7 +152,7 @@ if [[ $errors -eq 0 ]]; then
 		echo "Purging incoming debs"
 		sudo find "${1}" -name "*.deb" -type f -delete
 else
-	display_alert "There were some problems $err_txt" "leaving incoming directory intact" "err"
+	echo "There were some problems $err_txt - leaving incoming directory intact" "err"
 fi
 }
 
@@ -160,7 +178,7 @@ case $3 in
 	;;
 
 	html)
-		cat header.html
+		cat tools/repository/header.html
 		for release in "${DISTROS[@]}"; do
 		echo "<thead><tr><td colspan=3><h2>$release</h2></tr><tr><th>Main</th><th>Utils</th><th>Desktop</th></tr></thead>"
 		echo "<tbody><tr><td width=33% valing=top>"
@@ -171,7 +189,7 @@ case $3 in
 		aptly repo show -with-packages -config="${CONFIG}" "${release}-desktop" | tail -n +7 | sed 's/.*/&<br>/'
 		echo "</td></tr></tbody>"
 		done
-		cat footer.html
+		cat tools/repository/footer.html
 		return 0
 	;;
 
@@ -240,8 +258,8 @@ esac
 
 
 # defaults
-input="input"
-output="output"
+input="output/debs-beta"
+output="output/repository"
 command="show"
 releases="jammy,sid"
 
@@ -322,7 +340,7 @@ echo "${output}" | sudo tee /var/run/repomanagement &>/dev/null
 
 # redefine output folder in Aptly
 TempDir="$(mktemp -d || exit 1)"
-sed 's|"rootDir": ".*"|"rootDir": "'$output'"|g' aptly.conf > "${TempDir}"/aptly.conf
+sed 's|"rootDir": ".*"|"rootDir": "'$output'"|g' tools/repository/aptly.conf > "${TempDir}"/aptly.conf
 CONFIG="${TempDir}/aptly.conf"
 
 # main