diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b60ac9f6..6129ad05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - "deploy"
       - "main"
-  pull_request:
+  # pull_request:
   workflow_call:
 
 # Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
   id-token: write
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  build-and-deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -28,32 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
           pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
           sphinx-build -a docs/ docs/_build/html
-      - name: Archive documentation artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: documentation-site
-          path: docs/_build/html
-
-  # Deployment job
-  deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
       - name: "GitHub Pages action"
-        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3.9.3
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           publish_dir: docs/_build/html
-
-  code-format-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
-      - name: Run Format Check
-        run: |
-          pip install -U pip setuptools wheel black isort
-          black --check --diff ./m2g
-          isort --check-only --profile black ./m2g
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1491617a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: m2g code check
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "deploy"
+      - "main"
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  code-format-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+      - name: Run Format Check
+        run: |
+          pip install -U pip setuptools wheel black isort
+          black --check --diff ./m2g
+          isort --check-only --profile black ./m2g
diff --git a/m2g/graph.py b/m2g/graph.py
index 029800e5..b12d9736 100644
--- a/m2g/graph.py
+++ b/m2g/graph.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
 
-
 class GraphTools:
     """Initializes the graph with nodes corresponding to the number of ROIS
 
diff --git a/m2g/stats/qa_skullstrip.py b/m2g/stats/qa_skullstrip.py
index 0ed5e34b..ee627a79 100644
--- a/m2g/stats/qa_skullstrip.py
+++ b/m2g/stats/qa_skullstrip.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 from m2g.utils.qa_utils import get_min_max, opaque_colorscale, pad_im
 
 
-
 def gen_overlay_pngs(
     brain, original, outdir, loc=0, mean=False, minthr=2, maxthr=95, edge=False
 ):