diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 85fe5e3..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-name: automerge
-
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - synchronize
-      - reopened
-      - unlabeled
-      - labeled
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  issue_comment:
-    types:
-      - created
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  automerge:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - id: automerge
-        name: automerge
-        uses: "pascalgn/automerge-action@v0.16.3"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.PAT }}"
-          LOG: "DEBUG"
-          MERGE_LABELS: "automerge"
-          MERGE_REMOVE_LABELS: "automerge"
-          MERGE_METHOD: "merge"
-          MERGE_REQUIRED_APPROVALS: "0"
-          MERGE_DELETE_BRANCH: "true"
-          MERGE_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "Auto merge PR #{pullRequest.number}: {pullRequest.title}|{pullRequest.description}"
-          MERGE_FORKS: "true"
-          MERGE_RETRIES: "1"
-          MERGE_RETRY_SLEEP: "5000"
-          UPDATE_LABELS: "automerge"
-          UPDATE_METHOD: "merge"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1ead550..be8c80f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ build.log
 event.json
 go-news-api-continuous-integration.yml
 .history
+automerge.yml