diff --git a/cmake/GeodeFile.cmake b/cmake/GeodeFile.cmake
index f600b1e1..0b648306 100644
--- a/cmake/GeodeFile.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GeodeFile.cmake
@@ -90,16 +90,18 @@ function(setup_geode_mod proname)
     # For CLI >=v2.4.0, there's an option to disable updating index because 
     # Github Actions on Mac just returns 403 for no reason
     if (GEODE_DONT_UPDATE_INDEX AND (${GEODE_CLI_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "2.4.0"))
-        set(INSTALL_ARG "--dont-update-index")
+        message(STATUS "yeahh")
+        set(DONT_UPDATE_INDEX_ARG "--dont-update-index")
     else()
-        set(INSTALL_ARG "")
+        message(STATUS "nahh")
+        set(DONT_UPDATE_INDEX_ARG "")
     endif()
 
     # Check dependencies using CLI
     if (${GEODE_CLI_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "2.0.0")
         execute_process(
             COMMAND ${GEODE_CLI} project check ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-                --externals ${GEODE_MODS_BEING_BUILT} ${GEODE_DONT_UPDATE_INDEX}
+                --externals ${GEODE_MODS_BEING_BUILT} ${DONT_UPDATE_INDEX_ARG}
             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
         )
     elseif (${GEODE_CLI_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "1.4.0")