diff --git a/common/.github/workflows/pattern-sh-ci.yml b/common/.github/workflows/pattern-sh-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed0e6a072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/.github/workflows/pattern-sh-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Run Bash Script on Multiple Distributions
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - "scripts/**"
+      - "Makefile"
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "scripts/**"
+      - "Makefile"
+
+jobs:
+  run-script:
+    name: Run Bash Script
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # Fedora is not an option yet
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-22.04]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Podman on Ubuntu
+        if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y podman
+
+      # Currently we do not do MacOSX as it is not free, maybe in the future
+      # - name: Install Podman on macOS
+      #   if: contains(matrix.os, 'macos')
+      #   run: |
+      #     brew install podman
+      #     podman machine init
+      #     podman machine start
+
+      - name: Verify Podman Installation
+        run: podman --version
+
+      - name: Run pattern.sh script
+        run: |
+          export TARGET_BRANCH=main
+          ./scripts/pattern-util.sh make validate-origin
diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index fc10236e5..84f6afc48 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ endif
 # the command line. I.e. we can set things without having to tweak values files
 EXTRA_HELM_OPTS ?=
 
+# This variable can be set in order to pass additional ansible-playbook arguments from the
+# the command line. I.e. we can set -vvv for more verbose logging
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS ?=
+
 # INDEX_IMAGES=registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:394248
 # or
 # INDEX_IMAGES=registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:394248,registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:394249
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@ TARGET_ORIGIN ?= origin
 # This is because we expect to use tokens for repo authentication as opposed to SSH keys
 TARGET_REPO=$(shell git ls-remote --get-url --symref $(TARGET_ORIGIN) | sed -e 's/.*URL:[[:space:]]*//' -e 's%^git@%%' -e 's%^https://%%' -e 's%:%/%' -e 's%^%https://%')
 # git branch --show-current is also available as of git 2.22, but we will use this for compatibility
-TARGET_BRANCH=$(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+TARGET_BRANCH ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
 UUID_FILE ?= ~/.config/validated-patterns/pattern-uuid
 UUID_HELM_OPTS ?=
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ secrets-backend-none: ## Edits values files to remove secrets manager + ESO
 .PHONY: load-iib
 load-iib: ## CI target to install Index Image Bundles
 	@set -e; if [ x$(INDEX_IMAGES) != x ]; then \
-		ansible-playbook rhvp.cluster_utils.iib_ci; \
+		ansible-playbook $(EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS) rhvp.cluster_utils.iib_ci; \
 	else \
 		echo "No INDEX_IMAGES defined. Bailing out"; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/common/scripts/display-secrets-info.sh b/common/scripts/display-secrets-info.sh
index d99158556..ca0069e2a 100755
--- a/common/scripts/display-secrets-info.sh
+++ b/common/scripts/display-secrets-info.sh
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@ fi
 
 PATTERN_NAME=$(basename "`pwd`")
 
-ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e secrets_backing_store="${SECRETS_BACKING_STORE}" -e override_no_log=false "rhvp.cluster_utils.display_secrets_info"
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS="${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS:-}"
+
+ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e secrets_backing_store="${SECRETS_BACKING_STORE}" -e hide_sensitive_output=false ${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS} "rhvp.cluster_utils.display_secrets_info"
diff --git a/common/scripts/load-k8s-secrets.sh b/common/scripts/load-k8s-secrets.sh
index 9219f92f1..707e51a7b 100755
--- a/common/scripts/load-k8s-secrets.sh
+++ b/common/scripts/load-k8s-secrets.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ PATTERNPATH=$(dirname "${COMMONPATH}")
 
 PATTERN_NAME=${1:-$(basename "`pwd`")}
 
-ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" "rhvp.cluster_utils.k8s_secrets"
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS="${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS:-}"
+
+ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" ${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS} "rhvp.cluster_utils.k8s_secrets"
diff --git a/common/scripts/pattern-util.sh b/common/scripts/pattern-util.sh
index d04ea05d9..8258d4694 100755
--- a/common/scripts/pattern-util.sh
+++ b/common/scripts/pattern-util.sh
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ fi
 # if we are using podman machine then we do not bind mount anything (for now!)
 REMOTE_PODMAN=$(podman system connection list -q | wc -l)
 if [ $REMOTE_PODMAN -eq 0 ]; then # If we are not using podman machine we check the hosts folders
-    # Use /etc/pki by default and try a couple of fallbacks if it does not exist
-    if [ -d /etc/pki ]; then
+    # We check /etc/pki/tls because on ubuntu /etc/pki/fwupd sometimes
+    # exists but not /etc/pki/tls and we do not want to bind mount in such a case
+    # as it would find no certificates at all.
+    if [ -d /etc/pki/tls ]; then
         PKI_HOST_MOUNT_ARGS="-v /etc/pki:/etc/pki:ro"
     elif [ -d /etc/ssl ]; then
         PKI_HOST_MOUNT_ARGS="-v /etc/ssl:/etc/ssl:ro"
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ podman run -it --rm --pull=newer \
     -e EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS \
     -e TARGET_ORIGIN \
     -e TARGET_SITE \
+    -e TARGET_BRANCH \
     -e NAME \
     -e TOKEN_SECRET \
     -e TOKEN_NAMESPACE \
diff --git a/common/scripts/process-secrets.sh b/common/scripts/process-secrets.sh
index 47eff7fab..a0d34f880 100755
--- a/common/scripts/process-secrets.sh
+++ b/common/scripts/process-secrets.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ PATTERNPATH=$(dirname "${COMMONPATH}")
 PATTERN_NAME=${1:-$(basename "`pwd`")}
 SECRETS_BACKING_STORE="$($SCRIPTPATH/determine-secretstore-backend.sh)"
 
-ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e secrets_backing_store="${SECRETS_BACKING_STORE}" "rhvp.cluster_utils.process_secrets"
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS="${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS:-}"
+
+ansible-playbook -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e secrets_backing_store="${SECRETS_BACKING_STORE}" ${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS} "rhvp.cluster_utils.process_secrets"
diff --git a/common/scripts/vault-utils.sh b/common/scripts/vault-utils.sh
index b014e5a43..2f7664992 100755
--- a/common/scripts/vault-utils.sh
+++ b/common/scripts/vault-utils.sh
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ if [ -z ${TASK} ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-ansible-playbook -t "${TASK}" -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" "rhvp.cluster_utils.vault"
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS="${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS:-}"
+
+ansible-playbook -t "${TASK}" -e pattern_name="${PATTERN_NAME}" -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" ${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS} "rhvp.cluster_utils.vault"
diff --git a/common/scripts/write-token-kubeconfig.sh b/common/scripts/write-token-kubeconfig.sh
index 7544fac22..e7913e532 100755
--- a/common/scripts/write-token-kubeconfig.sh
+++ b/common/scripts/write-token-kubeconfig.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")
 COMMONPATH=$(dirname "${SCRIPTPATH}")
 PATTERNPATH=$(dirname "${COMMONPATH}")
 
-ansible-playbook -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e kubeconfig_file="${OUTPUTFILE}" "rhvp.cluster_utils.write-token-kubeconfig"
+EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS="${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS:-}"
+
+ansible-playbook -e pattern_dir="${PATTERNPATH}" -e kubeconfig_file="${OUTPUTFILE}" ${EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS} "rhvp.cluster_utils.write-token-kubeconfig"