diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_check.yml b/.github/workflows/code_check.yml
index dcd58524..2e2c3819 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code_check.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ name: Code Checking
 
 on: 
   push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - master
     paths:
       - '**/*.py'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.py'
 
 env:
   singularity_image: oras://ghcr.io/berenslab/retinal-rl:singularity-image-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container_build.yml b/.github/workflows/container_build.yml
index b047ef29..cf489247 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container_build.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 2 1 * *'
   push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - master
     paths:
       - 'resources/retinal-rl.def'
   pull_request: