diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
index d00336890..09ab50b98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - yuming/manual_deploy
 
 env:
   DOCKER_REPOSITORY: quay.io/unstructured-io/unstructured-api
@@ -92,9 +93,9 @@ jobs:
         source .venv/bin/activate
         export DOCKER_IMAGE="$DOCKER_BUILD_REPOSITORY:${{ matrix.arch }}-$SHORT_SHA"
         if [ "$DOCKER_PLATFORM" == "linux/arm64" ]; then
-          SKIP_INFERENCE_TESTS=true make docker-test
+          SKIP_INFERENCE_TESTS=true DOCKER_PLATFORM=$DOCKER_PLATFORM make docker-test
         else
-          make docker-test
+          DOCKER_PLATFORM=$DOCKER_PLATFORM make docker-test
         fi
     - name: Push image
       run: |
diff --git a/scripts/docker-smoke-test.sh b/scripts/docker-smoke-test.sh
index dbfb2a4f6..eb813992a 100755
--- a/scripts/docker-smoke-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-smoke-test.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ CONTAINER_NAME_PARALLEL=unstructured-api-smoke-test-parallel
 PIPELINE_FAMILY=${PIPELINE_FAMILY:-"general"}
 DOCKER_IMAGE="${DOCKER_IMAGE:-pipeline-family-${PIPELINE_FAMILY}-dev:latest}"
 SKIP_INFERENCE_TESTS="${SKIP_INFERENCE_TESTS:-false}"
+DOCKER_PLATFORM="${DOCKER_PLATFORM:-"linux/arm64"}"
 
 start_container() {
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ start_container() {
 
     echo Starting container "$name"
     docker run -p "$port":"$port" \
+       --platform "${DOCKER_PLATFORM}" \
 	   --entrypoint uvicorn \
            -d \
            --rm \