diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_downport.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_downport.yaml
index 85a166c6..19655972 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_downport.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_downport.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         external_repository: abap2UI5/abap2UI5-downport
         user_name: 'github-actions[bot]'
         user_email: 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-        publish_branch: 7.40
+        publish_branch: v_740
         publish_dir: ./downport
         deploy_key: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
         destination_dir: src
diff --git a/src/01/05/z2ui5_cl_cc_driver_js.clas.abap b/src/01/05/z2ui5_cl_cc_driver_js.clas.abap
index 84fa124e..fd592955 100644
--- a/src/01/05/z2ui5_cl_cc_driver_js.clas.abap
+++ b/src/01/05/z2ui5_cl_cc_driver_js.clas.abap
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ METHOD get_js_cc.
 
       "needed for transpilation to js
       DATA(lv_config_json) = ``.
+
       lv_config_json = /ui2/cl_json=>serialize(
                                 data             = ls_config
                                 compress         = abap_true