diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-ss3-with-est.yml b/.github/workflows/run-ss3-with-est.yml
index e4b3e361..c3224e1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-ss3-with-est.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-ss3-with-est.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   run-ss3-with-est:
     # if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event.pull_request.draft == 'false'}}
-    runs-on: macos-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS: true
       RSPM: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/focal/latest"
@@ -39,8 +39,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: 'nmfs-ost/ss3-test-models'
           path: test-models-repo
-
-      - name: Update Ubuntu packages
+          
+      - name: Install software-properties-common
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+        
+      - name: Update and install other Ubuntu packages
         run: |
           sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
           sudo apt-get update
diff --git a/SS_readcontrol_330.tpl b/SS_readcontrol_330.tpl
index e63d24fa..52e3eaa2 100644
--- a/SS_readcontrol_330.tpl
+++ b/SS_readcontrol_330.tpl
@@ -368,12 +368,12 @@
           k++;
         }
       }
-      if (j != Settle_age(settle_time))
-      {
-        warnstream << "settle_month is less than spawn_month, so logical age at settlement calculated to be: " << j
-                   << "  for settle_time " << settle_time << ".  Does not match read value of " << Settle_age(settle_time) << " are you sure? ";
-        write_message (NOTE, 0);
-      }
+//      if (j != Settle_age(settle_time))
+//      {
+//        warnstream << "settle_month is less than spawn_month, so logical age at settlement calculated to be: " << j
+//                   << "  for settle_time " << settle_time << ".  Does not match read value of " << Settle_age(settle_time) << " are you sure? ";
+//        write_message (NOTE, 0);
+//      }
       Settle_seas(settle_time) = k;
       Settle_seas_offset(settle_time) = Settle_seas(settle_time) - spawn_seas + j * nseas + Settle_age(settle_time) * nseas; //  number of seasons between spawning and the season in which settlement occurs
       Settle_timing_seas(settle_time) -= temp; //  timing from beginning of this season; needed for mortality calculation