diff --git a/.github/workflows/fair-software.yml b/.github/workflows/fair-software.yml
index 6643bc7..f6c5690 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fair-software.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fair-software.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 name: fair-software
 
-on: push
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
 
 jobs:
   verify:
@@ -12,4 +14,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PYCHARM_HOSTED: "Trick colorama into displaying colored output" 
         with:
-          MY_REPO_URL: "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}"
\ No newline at end of file
+          MY_REPO_URL: "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}"