diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_humble.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_humble.yaml
index 3cc21f7..f8f8fdd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_humble.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_humble.yaml
@@ -8,22 +8,32 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      distinct_id:
+      target_branch:
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
-      fail-fast: false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: osrf/ros:humble-desktop
     steps:
+      - name: echo distinct ID ${{ github.event.inputs.distinct_id }}
+        run: |
+          echo ${{ github.event.inputs.distinct_id }}
+          echo target_branch : ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y lcov python3-vcstool python3-colcon-lcov-result python3-colcon-coveragepy-result python3-rosdep python3-pip python3-colcon-common-extensions python3-empy
       - name: Setup ros
         uses: ros-tooling/setup-ros@v0.7
         with:
           required-ros-distributions: humble
       - name: Checkout Aerostack2
         run : |
-          echo 'repositories:\n  aerostack2:\n    type: git\n    url: https://github.com/aerostack2/aerostack2.git\n    version: main' >> /tmp/dependencies.repos
+          export TARGET_BRANCH=${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }} 
+          if [ -z "$TARGET_BRANCH" ]; then export TARGET_BRANCH=main; echo "No target branch provided, using $TARGET_BRANCH";  fi
+          echo "repositories:\n  aerostack2:\n    type: git\n    url: https://github.com/aerostack2/aerostack2.git\n    version:  $TARGET_BRANCH " >> /tmp/dependencies.repos
       - name: build and test
         uses: ros-tooling/action-ros-ci@v0.3
         with: