diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 574c5fd3..ddecad72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # This workflow runs the pipeline with the minimal test dataset to check that it completes without any syntax errors
 name: nf-core CI
 on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
   pull_request:
   release:
     types: [published]