diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 5a5d0a5..fca85aa 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ inputs:
     description: Name of the docker container for webapp
     required: false
     default: webapp
-
+  dev-arg:
+    description: Parameter to detect dev dependencies 
+    required: false
+    
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ runs:
         WORK_DIR: ${{ inputs.work-dir }}
         FAST_PARA: ${{ inputs.fastapi-parameter }}
         CONTAINER_NAME: ${{ inputs.container-name }}
+        DEV_ARG: ${{ inputs.dev-arg }}
       run: ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/ValidateCode.sh  
       shell: bash  
 
diff --git a/scripts/ValidateCode.sh b/scripts/ValidateCode.sh
index f0446c9..7bd60a8 100755
--- a/scripts/ValidateCode.sh
+++ b/scripts/ValidateCode.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ docker-compose exec -T ${CONTAINER_NAME} python -c "import requests; f=open('${C
 [ -d "/mnt/samba/${APP_NAME}" ] || mkdir -p "/mnt/samba/${APP_NAME}"
 docker cp "$(docker-compose ps -q ${CONTAINER_NAME})":"/python/app/${CLEAN_BRANCH_NAME}_openapi.json" "/mnt/samba/${APP_NAME}/${CLEAN_BRANCH_NAME}_openapi.json"
 
+if [[ -z $DEV_ARG ]] 
+then
+    exit 0
+fi  
+
 echo "Clean up old reports" 
 rm -f unittesting.xml coverage.xml typing.xml typing-server.xml typing-integrations.xml
 
@@ -24,7 +29,6 @@ echo "Code tests"
 if [[ $CONTAINER_NAME != "webapp" ]]; then
     echo "flake8 tests" #TODO: remove the if else block once the errors on sb-pim are fixed
     docker-compose exec -T ${CONTAINER_NAME} flake8; STATUS1=$?    # For Sb-pim only
-    
 else
     docker-compose exec -T ${CONTAINER_NAME} validatecodeonce; STATUS1=$?
     docker cp "$(docker-compose ps -q ${CONTAINER_NAME})":/python/reports/typing.xml typing.xml
@@ -34,4 +38,4 @@ fi
 
 ## Return the status code
 TOTAL=$((STATUS1))
-exit $TOTAL
+exit $TOTAL
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