diff --git a/apps/angular-tofu-showcase-e2e/playwright.config.ts b/apps/angular-tofu-showcase-e2e/playwright.config.ts
index 071f5cd..9767af2 100644
--- a/apps/angular-tofu-showcase-e2e/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/apps/angular-tofu-showcase-e2e/playwright.config.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   webServer: {
     command: 'npx nx run angular-tofu-showcase:serve',
     url: 'http://localhost:4200',
-    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
+    reuseExistingServer: false, //!process.env.CI,
     cwd: workspaceRoot,
   },
   projects: [
diff --git a/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/runtime/build-context.ts b/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/runtime/build-context.ts
index beb4bf2..965eab6 100644
--- a/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/runtime/build-context.ts
+++ b/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/runtime/build-context.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ export class BuildContext {
 
   logLevel = LogLevel.Info;
 
+  isCI = this.determineCIEnvironment();
+
   getTasks<T>(ctor: constructor<T>) {
     container.resolve(ctor);
   }
+
+  private determineCIEnvironment() {
+    return process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS === 'true';
+  }
 }
diff --git a/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/runtime/build-executor.ts b/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/runtime/build-executor.ts
index 42edb7d..1107e17 100644
--- a/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/runtime/build-executor.ts
+++ b/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/runtime/build-executor.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ export class BuildExecutor {
   }
 
   private async runBuild(buildDefinition: BuildDefinition, targets: string[]) {
+    this.logger.log('Is running on CI build server:', this.buildContext.isCI);
+
     const buildTargets = this.findBuildTargets(buildDefinition, targets);
 
     this.buildContext.targets = buildTargets.map((t) => t.name);
diff --git a/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/tasks/nx-tasks.ts b/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/tasks/nx-tasks.ts
index 5bfafd3..b10b70f 100644
--- a/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/tasks/nx-tasks.ts
+++ b/builds/ci-build/src/build-it-lib/tasks/nx-tasks.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export class NxTasks extends BuildTasks {
   }
 
   async executeNxCommand(command: string) {
+    this.logger.log(`Executing Nx command: ${command}`);
     return await this.cmdExecutor.executeStream(`npx nx ${command}`);
   }
 
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@ export class NxTasks extends BuildTasks {
     return this.executeNxCommand(`affected -t ${targets.join(' ')} ${baseArg}`);
   }
 
+  async runTargetsForAll(targets: string[]) {
+    const baseArg = this.base ? `--base=${this.base}` : '';
+    return this.executeNxCommand(`run-many -t ${targets.join(' ')} ${baseArg}`);
+  }
+
   async setReleaseVersion(version: string) {
     return this.executeNxCommand(
       `release version  ${version} --stage-changes=false --git-commit=false`
@@ -33,13 +39,18 @@ export class NxTasks extends BuildTasks {
   }
 
   async releaseAndPublish(projectName: string, access: string) {
-    //run angular-tofu:nx-release-publish --access public
     const args = [
       'run',
       `${projectName}:nx-release-publish`,
       `--access ${access}`,
+      '--dryRun',
       //'--registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/',
     ];
+
+    if (this.context.dryRun) {
+      args.push('--dry-run');
+    }
+
     return this.executeNxCommand(args.join(' '));
   }
 }
diff --git a/builds/ci-build/src/the-build.ts b/builds/ci-build/src/the-build.ts
index 4b48688..591b23a 100644
--- a/builds/ci-build/src/the-build.ts
+++ b/builds/ci-build/src/the-build.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class TheBuild extends BuildDefinition {
     name: 'nxTargets',
     execute: async (buildContext) => {
       this.logger.log('GitVersion:', await this.gitVersion.value.getVersion());
-      await this.nxTasks.runTargetForAffected(['lint', 'test', 'build', 'e2e']);
+      await this.nxTasks.runTargetsForAll(['lint', 'test', 'build', 'e2e']);
     },
     dependsOn: [this.setReleaseVersion],
   };