diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 8f4ba74e..1dfc6ee2 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 ^data/ExpData\.RData$
 ^data/PollockData\.RData$
 ^doc$
+^\.github$
+^docs$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/.gitignore b/.github/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d19fc76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index da61e9d0..14159b77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/master/examples
+# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples
 # Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
 on:
   push:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - {os: macOS-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
@@ -29,13 +29,22 @@ jobs:
       R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
           needs: check
+
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
-          error-on: '"error"'
+          upload-snapshots: true
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2ac8eafd..be93e715 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Maintainer: Alan Haynie - NOAA Federal <FishSET@noaa.gov>
 Description: The Spatial Economics Toolbox for Fisheries (FishSET) is a
     set of tools for organizing data; developing, improving and
     disseminating modeling best practices.
-License: GPL-2
+License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: to provide
 BugReports: https://pkgname.bugtracker.url
 Depends: