diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 1581e37..eb65703 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ jobs:
           CF_ZONE_ID: ${{ secrets.CF_ZONE_ID }}
           CF_DEPLOY_DOMAIN: ${{ secrets.CF_DEPLOY_DOMAIN }}
 
-      # this is needed to get the lowercase version of the actor name
+      # this is needed to get the lowercase version of the repository_owner name
       # TODO: switch to some lowercase function in the future when Actions supports it
-      - name: Set lowercase actor name
+      - name: Set lowercase repository_owner name
         run: |
-          echo $GH_ACTOR | awk '{ print "ACTOR_LOWER=" tolower($0) }' >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo $GH_OWNER | awk '{ print "OWNER_LOWER=" tolower($0) }' >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
         env:
-          GH_ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GH_OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v2
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create D1 database
         uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@2.0.0
         with:
-          command: d1 create wildebeest-${{ env.ACTOR_LOWER }}
+          command: d1 create wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}
           apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: retrieve D1 database
         uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@2.0.0
         with:
-          command: d1 list | grep wildebeest-${{ env.ACTOR_LOWER }} | awk '{print "d1_id="$2}' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          command: d1 list | grep wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }} | awk '{print "d1_id="$2}' >> $GITHUB_ENV
           apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
         env:
           CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: migrate D1 database
         uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@2.0.0
         with:
-          command: d1 migrations apply wildebeest-${{ env.ACTOR_LOWER }}
+          command: d1 migrations apply wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}
           apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
           preCommands: |
             echo "*** pre commands ***"
-            echo -e "[[d1_databases]]\nbinding=\"DATABASE\"\ndatabase_name=\"wildebeest-${{ env.ACTOR_LOWER }}\"\ndatabase_id=\"${{ env.d1_id }}\"" >> wrangler.toml
+            echo -e "[[d1_databases]]\nbinding=\"DATABASE\"\ndatabase_name=\"wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}\"\ndatabase_id=\"${{ env.d1_id }}\"" >> wrangler.toml
             echo "******"
         env:
           CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           TF_VAR_cloudflare_api_token: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
           TF_VAR_cloudflare_zone_id: ${{ secrets.CF_ZONE_ID }}
           TF_VAR_cloudflare_deploy_domain: ${{ secrets.CF_DEPLOY_DOMAIN }}
-          TF_VAR_gh_username: ${{ env.ACTOR_LOWER }}
+          TF_VAR_gh_username: ${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}
           TF_VAR_d1_id: ${{ env.d1_id }}
           TF_VAR_access_auth_domain: ${{ env.auth_domain }}
 
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ jobs:
             yarn build
             cp -rv ./frontend/dist/* .
             echo "******"
-          command: pages publish --project-name=wildebeest-${{ env.ACTOR_LOWER }} .
+          command: pages publish --project-name=wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }} .
         env:
           CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}