diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a8a3fad1..32c74c15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ env.GH_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: List submodule files
-        run: |
-          ls -al agbenchmark/challenges
-
       - name: Set up Python ${{ env.min-python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
@@ -112,11 +108,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python --version
-          poetry --version
-          poetry install --no-interaction -vvv
-          poetry run agbenchmark start --mock
-          poetry run agbenchmark start --mock --maintain
+          poetry install -vvv
           poetry build
 
       - name: Run regression tests
diff --git a/agbenchmark/start_benchmark.py b/agbenchmark/start_benchmark.py
index c5078408..d2bb2f65 100644
--- a/agbenchmark/start_benchmark.py
+++ b/agbenchmark/start_benchmark.py
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ def start(
         )
         return 1
 
-    print("CONFIG_PATH", CONFIG_PATH)
+    if os.path.join("Auto-GPT-Benchmarks") in str(HOME_DIRECTORY) and not AGENT_NAME:
+        print(
+            "If you are running from the Auto-GPT-Benchmarks repo, you must have AGENT_NAME defined."
+        )
+        return 1
 
     if not os.path.exists(CONFIG_PATH) or os.stat(CONFIG_PATH).st_size == 0:
         config = {}
@@ -84,6 +88,7 @@ def start(
         config["workspace"] = click.prompt(
             "Please enter a new workspace path",
             default=os.path.join("workspace"),
+            show_default=True,
         )
 
         with open(CONFIG_PATH, "w") as f:
@@ -93,20 +98,20 @@ def start(
         with open(CONFIG_PATH, "r") as f:
             config = json.load(f)
 
-    os.environ["MOCK_TEST"] = "True" if mock else "False"
+    print("Current configuration:")
+    for key, value in config.items():
+        print(f"{key}: {value}")
 
     if not os.path.exists(REGRESSION_TESTS_PATH):
         with open(REGRESSION_TESTS_PATH, "w"):
             pass
 
+    os.environ["MOCK_TEST"] = "True" if mock else "False"
+
     if not os.path.exists(INFO_TESTS_PATH):
         with open(INFO_TESTS_PATH, "w"):
             pass
 
-    print("Current configuration:")
-    for key, value in config.items():
-        print(f"{key}: {value}")
-
     pytest_args = ["-vs"]
     if test:
         print("Running specific test:", test)
diff --git a/agbenchmark/utils/utils.py b/agbenchmark/utils/utils.py
index d6359a8b..07f0e57e 100644
--- a/agbenchmark/utils/utils.py
+++ b/agbenchmark/utils/utils.py
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ def calculate_dynamic_paths() -> tuple[Path, str, str, str]:
         CONFIG_PATH, REGRESSION_TESTS_PATH, INFO_TESTS_PATH = assign_paths(
             benchmarks_folder_path
         )
-
     else:
         # otherwise the default is when home is an agent (running agbenchmark from agent/agent_repo)
         # used when its just a pip install