diff --git a/.github/workflows/scan-vulns.yaml b/.github/workflows/scan-vulns.yaml
index a3380d7bb..ba7b0545c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scan-vulns.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scan-vulns.yaml
@@ -2,28 +2,16 @@ name: scan_vulns
 on:
   push:
     paths-ignore:
-      - ".github/workflows/website.yaml"
       - "docs/**"
       - "library/**"
-      - "demo/**"
-      - "deprecated/**"
-      - "example/**"
-      - "website/**"
       - "**.md"
-      - "!cmd/build/helmify/static/README.md"
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
-      - ".github/workflows/website.yaml"
       - "docs/**"
       - "library/**"
-      - "demo/**"
-      - "deprecated/**"
-      - "example/**"
-      - "website/**"
       - "**.md"
-      - "!cmd/build/helmify/static/README.md"
   workflow_dispatch:
-  
+
 permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
@@ -75,6 +63,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run trivy on images
         run: |
-          for img in "localbuild:test"; do
+          for img in "localbuild:test" "localbuildcrd:test"; do
               trivy image --ignore-unfixed --vuln-type="os,library" "${img}"
           done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 64f10fe2a..570ac9d19 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -524,10 +524,12 @@ e2e-deploy-gatekeeper: e2e-helm-install
 	if [ ${GATEKEEPER_VERSION} != "3.13.0" ]; then ./.staging/helm/linux-amd64/helm install gatekeeper/gatekeeper --version ${GATEKEEPER_VERSION} --name-template=gatekeeper --namespace ${GATEKEEPER_NAMESPACE} --create-namespace --set enableExternalData=true --set validatingWebhookTimeoutSeconds=5 --set mutatingWebhookTimeoutSeconds=2 --set auditInterval=0 --set externaldataProviderResponseCacheTTL=1s; fi
 
 e2e-build-crd-image:
-	docker build --progress=plain --no-cache --build-arg KUBE_VERSION=${KUBERNETES_VERSION} --build-arg TARGETOS="linux" --build-arg TARGETARCH="amd64" -f crd.Dockerfile -t localbuildcrd:test ./charts/ratify/crds
+	docker build --progress=plain --no-cache --build-arg KUBE_VERSION=${KUBERNETES_VERSION} --build-arg TARGETOS="linux" --build-arg TARGETARCH="amd64" -f crd.Dockerfile -t localbuildcrd:test ./charts/ratify/crds	
+
+load-build-crd-image:
 	kind load docker-image --name kind localbuildcrd:test
 
-e2e-deploy-base-ratify: e2e-notation-setup e2e-notation-leaf-cert-setup e2e-cosign-setup e2e-inlinecert-setup e2e-build-crd-image e2e-build-local-ratify-base-image
+e2e-deploy-base-ratify: e2e-notation-setup e2e-notation-leaf-cert-setup e2e-cosign-setup e2e-inlinecert-setup e2e-build-crd-image load-build-crd-image e2e-build-local-ratify-base-image
 	printf "{\n\t\"auths\": {\n\t\t\"registry:5000\": {\n\t\t\t\"auth\": \"`echo "${TEST_REGISTRY_USERNAME}:${TEST_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" | tr -d '\n' | base64 -i -w 0`\"\n\t\t}\n\t}\n}" > mount_config.json
 
 	./.staging/helm/linux-amd64/helm install ${RATIFY_NAME} \
@@ -551,7 +553,7 @@ e2e-deploy-base-ratify: e2e-notation-setup e2e-notation-leaf-cert-setup e2e-cosi
 
 	rm mount_config.json
 
-e2e-deploy-ratify: e2e-notation-setup e2e-notation-leaf-cert-setup e2e-cosign-setup e2e-cosign-setup e2e-licensechecker-setup e2e-sbom-setup e2e-schemavalidator-setup e2e-vulnerabilityreport-setup e2e-inlinecert-setup e2e-build-crd-image e2e-build-local-ratify-image load-e2e-build-local-ratify-image e2e-helm-deploy-ratify
+e2e-deploy-ratify: e2e-notation-setup e2e-notation-leaf-cert-setup e2e-cosign-setup e2e-cosign-setup e2e-licensechecker-setup e2e-sbom-setup e2e-schemavalidator-setup e2e-vulnerabilityreport-setup e2e-inlinecert-setup e2e-build-crd-image load-build-crd-image e2e-build-local-ratify-image load-local-ratify-image e2e-helm-deploy-ratify
 
 e2e-build-local-ratify-base-image:
 	docker build --progress=plain --no-cache \
@@ -568,7 +570,7 @@ e2e-build-local-ratify-image:
 	-f ./httpserver/Dockerfile \
 	-t localbuild:test .
 
-load-e2e-build-local-ratify-image:
+load-local-ratify-image:
 	kind load docker-image --name kind localbuild:test
 
 e2e-helmfile-deploy-released-ratify:
@@ -634,7 +636,7 @@ e2e-helm-deploy-redis: e2e-helm-deploy-dapr
 	kubectl apply -f test/testdata/dapr/dapr-redis-secret.yaml -n ${GATEKEEPER_NAMESPACE}
 	kubectl apply -f test/testdata/dapr/dapr-redis.yaml -n ${GATEKEEPER_NAMESPACE}
  
-e2e-helm-deploy-ratify-replica: e2e-helm-deploy-redis e2e-notation-setup e2e-build-crd-image e2e-build-local-ratify-image load-e2e-build-local-ratify-image
+e2e-helm-deploy-ratify-replica: e2e-helm-deploy-redis e2e-notation-setup e2e-build-crd-image load-build-crd-image e2e-build-local-ratify-image load-local-ratify-image
 	printf "{\n\t\"auths\": {\n\t\t\"registry:5000\": {\n\t\t\t\"auth\": \"`echo "${TEST_REGISTRY_USERNAME}:${TEST_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" | tr -d '\n' | base64 -i -w 0`\"\n\t\t}\n\t}\n}" > mount_config.json
 
 	./.staging/helm/linux-amd64/helm install ${RATIFY_NAME} \