diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildAndDeploy.yml b/.github/workflows/buildAndDeploy.yml
index e22724c72a..5c1349f7a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildAndDeploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildAndDeploy.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
   build:
+    # On push events only, if it's a "Update X" commit, it's probably something done through the UI - 
+    #  so an .md or yaml change, and not something we need to rebuild over
     # We can't simply put !startsWith - see https://github.community/t/expression-syntax-for-not-startswith/17040
-    if: startsWith(github.event.commits[0].message, 'Update ') != true
+    if: github.event_name != 'push' || startsWith(github.event.commits[0].message, 'Update ') != true
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job