diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 30bcfa4..842e0dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .build/
+local/
diff --git a/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml b/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml
index b243a8d..2469880 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ steps:
     image: "quay.io/simcop2387/perl-debug-containers:${PERL_VERSIONS}-main${THREADS}-bookworm-backports"
     commands:
       - apt update && apt install -y libssl-dev git
-      - cpanm --verbose Dist::Zilla
-      - dzil authordeps | xargs cpanm --verbose 
-      - cpanm --notest --verbose IO::Async
-      - dzil listdeps | xargs cpanm --verbose
+      - cpanm Dist::Zilla App::carton
+      - carton install --cpanfile cpanfile.ci --cached
       - dzil test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cpanfile.ci b/cpanfile.ci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7a8741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpanfile.ci
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# This file is here to let my CI system work a bit quicker and easier
+
+requires "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::AutoPrereqs";
+requires "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::CheckChangesHasContent";
+requires "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::GitHub::Meta";
+requires "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Prereqs";
+requires "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Readme::Brief";
+requires "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Test::Perl::Critic";
+requires "Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Starter::Git";
+requires "Software::License::Artistic_2_0";
+requires "CPAN::Meta";
+requires "Data::Dumper";
+requires "ExtUtils::MakeMaker";
+requires "Feature::Compat::Try";
+requires "File::Spec";
+requires "Future::AsyncAwait";
+requires "IO::Async";
+requires "IO::Async::SSL";
+requires "JSON::MaybeXS";
+requires "Net::Async::HTTP";
+requires "Object::Pad";
+requires "Object::Pad::ClassAttr::Struct";
+requires "Object::PadX::Role::AutoJSON";
+requires "Object::PadX::Role::AutoMarshal";
+requires "strict";
+requires "Test2::V0";
+requires "Test::More";
+requires "URI";
+requires "warnings";