diff --git a/.github/workflows/default_on_push.yml b/.github/workflows/default_on_push.yml
index 8886d37a..91cb520e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/default_on_push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/default_on_push.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
       - stable
+    paths: 
+      - 'target/**'
+      - '.dockerignore'
+      - '.gitmodules'
+      - 'Dockerfile'
+      - 'setup.sh'
     tags:
       - '*.*.*'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_merge_requests.yml b/.github/workflows/test_merge_requests.yml
index 87c276f9..0e3fae05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_merge_requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_merge_requests.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 name: "Test Merge Requests"
 
-on: pull_request
+on: 
+  pull_request:
+    paths: 
+      - 'target/**'
+      - 'test/**'
+      - '.dockerignore'
+      - '.gitmodules'
+      - 'Dockerfile'
+      - 'setup.sh'
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test: