diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 827f8c08..526d432d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: codedown-languages
 on:
   pull_request:
   push:
-    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         submodules: recursive
 
     - name: Build tests
+      if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'noci')"
       run: |
         cd tests
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         stack build --nix --no-nix-pure
 
     - name: Run tests
+      if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'noci')"
       run: |
         cd tests