diff --git a/.github/workflows/eamxx-gh-ci-standalone.yml b/.github/workflows/eamxx-gh-ci-standalone.yml
index 949a0eaae9b6..523633cf0375 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eamxx-gh-ci-standalone.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eamxx-gh-ci-standalone.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SHELL: sh
         run: |
-          # get rid of this extra line if we can?
+          # TODO: get rid of this extra line if we can?
           git config --global safe.directory '*'
           ./components/eamxx/scripts/test-all-scream -m ghci-oci -t ${{ matrix.test }}
+    # TODO: add logging...
+    #   - 
+    #     name: Artifacts
+    #     uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+    #     if: ${{ always() }}
+    #     with:
+    #       name: ${{ matrix.test }}
+    #       path: |
+    #         /projects/e3sm/scratch/${{ matrix.test }}*/TestStatus.log
+    #         /projects/e3sm/scratch/${{ matrix.test }}*/bld/*.bldlog.*
+    #         /projects/e3sm/scratch/${{ matrix.test }}*/run/*.log.*
+    #         /projects/e3sm/scratch/${{ matrix.test }}*/run/*.cprnc.out
diff --git a/components/eamxx/cmake/BuildCprnc.cmake b/components/eamxx/cmake/BuildCprnc.cmake
index 5ff4fa545d9b..287956c5a9dd 100644
--- a/components/eamxx/cmake/BuildCprnc.cmake
+++ b/components/eamxx/cmake/BuildCprnc.cmake
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ macro(BuildCprnc)
   # TODO: handle this more carefully and more gracefully in the future
   # TODO: For now, it is just a hack to get going...
   # find cprnc defined in machine entries
+  set(CCSM_CPRNC $ENV{CCSM_CPRNC})
   if(EXISTS "${CCSM_CPRNC}")
     message(STATUS "Path ${CCSM_CPRNC} exists, so we will use it")
     set(CPRNC_BINARY ${CCSM_CPRNC} CACHE INTERNAL "")
diff --git a/components/eamxx/cmake/machine-files/ghci-oci.cmake b/components/eamxx/cmake/machine-files/ghci-oci.cmake
index aecdac764bc9..85eabbaa848a 100644
--- a/components/eamxx/cmake/machine-files/ghci-oci.cmake
+++ b/components/eamxx/cmake/machine-files/ghci-oci.cmake
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ set(EKAT_MPI_NP_FLAG "-np" CACHE STRING "-np")
 
 # TODO: hack in place to get eamxx to recognize CPRNC
 # TODO: See note in BuildCprnc.cmake...
-set(CCSM_CPRNC "/usr/local/packages/bin/cprnc")
+set(ENV{CCSM_CPRNC} "/usr/local/packages/bin/cprnc")