diff --git a/.github/workflows/singleuser-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/singleuser-release.yaml
index 47bd7cf..60df0e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/singleuser-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/singleuser-release.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: singleuser-relase
+name: singleuser-release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ jobs:
       JUPYTERHUB_VERSION: ${{github.event.inputs.jupyterhub_version}}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ssh-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          submodules: true
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
         with:
diff --git a/singleuser/config/before_start_hook.sh b/singleuser/config/before_start_hook.sh
index 53a9a73..b03bc5e 100755
--- a/singleuser/config/before_start_hook.sh
+++ b/singleuser/config/before_start_hook.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ if [[ ! -z "${DJLABHUB_REPO}" ]]; then
   REPO_NAME=$(basename $DJLABHUB_REPO | sed 's/.git//')
 
   echo "INFO::Cloning repo $DJLABHUB_REPO"
-  git clone $DJLABHUB_REPO $HOME/$REPO_NAME
+  git clone $DJLABHUB_REPO $HOME/$REPO_NAME || echo "WARNING::Failed to clone ${DJLABHUB_REPO}. Continuing..."
   if [[ ! -z "${DJLABHUB_REPO_BRANCH}" ]]; then
     echo "INFO::Switch to branch $DJLABHUB_REPO_BRANCH"
-    git -C $HOME/$REPO_NAME switch $DJLABHUB_REPO_BRANCH
+    git -C $HOME/$REPO_NAME switch $DJLABHUB_REPO_BRANCH || echo "WARNING::Failed to checkout branch ${DJLABHUB_REPO_BRANCH}. Continuing..."
   fi
 
   if [[ $DJLABHUB_REPO_INSTALL == "TRUE" ]]; then
diff --git a/singleuser/ipython-datajoint-creds-updater b/singleuser/ipython-datajoint-creds-updater
index f47ef85..4bc71f5 160000
--- a/singleuser/ipython-datajoint-creds-updater
+++ b/singleuser/ipython-datajoint-creds-updater
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f47ef857a52a376eb6f891914e040bec58e89f22
+Subproject commit 4bc71f517a0d2dfd010c9e7eecb327dcfdde5f0b