diff --git a/.github/workflows/bifrost_sp_ecoli_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/bifrost_sp_ecoli_workflow.yml
index c3251b0..385c066 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bifrost_sp_ecoli_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bifrost_sp_ecoli_workflow.yml
@@ -51,14 +51,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "Checking commit hash for the latest tag of ecoli_fbi: $LATEST_TAG_COMMIT"
           echo "Checking the lastest tag of ecoli_fbi: $LATEST_TAG"
           
-          echo "test 1" - 
-          git tag
-          echo "test 2"
-          git show-ref --tags -d
-          # echo "test 3"
-          # git describe --abbrev=0 --tags
-          echo "test 4"
-          git ls-remote --tags origin
+          # echo "test 1" - 
+          # git tag
+          # echo "test 2"
+          # git show-ref --tags -d
+          # echo "test 4"
+          # git ls-remote --tags origin
+          # i believe test 2 and 4 order tags alphabetically, not in terms of their creation date
           # echo $(git show-ref --tags -d | cut -f1 -d ' ' | sed 's|.*/||')
           # echo $(git show-ref --tags -d | cut -f2 -d ' ' | sed 's|.*/||')
           # echo "test 4"
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index b3b2d2d..5c11822 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -68,13 +68,22 @@ git submodule update --init --recursive
 cd bifrost_sp_ecoli/ecoli_fbi || exit
 
 # Fetch the latest changes from the remote repository
-git fetch origin
+git fetch origin --tags
 git checkout main  # or the specific branch you want to track
-git pull origin main
+git pull origin main --tags
 
-# Optionally, echo the latest commit SHA
+# Show the new commit hash after the update
 LATEST_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-echo "Updated ecoli_fbi to latest commit: $LATEST_COMMIT"
+echo "Updated commit hash of ecoli_fbi after update: $LATEST_COMMIT"
+
+# print the latest tag of ecoli_fbi
+LATEST_TAG_COMMIT=$(git tag --sort=-creatordate --format '%(objectname)'|head -1)
+LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-creatordate|head -1)
+
+echo "Checking commit hash for the latest tag of ecoli_fbi: $LATEST_TAG_COMMIT"
+echo "Checking the lastest tag of ecoli_fbi: $LATEST_TAG"
+  
+git checkout $LATEST_TAG_COMMIT
 
 # Navigate back to the main project directory
 cd ../../