diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
index cf1b7d28d27b4..cccb1b59098d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 name: Backend CI
 
 on:
-    - pull_request
+    push:
+        branches:
+            - master
+    pull_request:
 env:
     SECRET_KEY: '6b01eee4f945ca25045b5aab440b953461faf08693a9abbf1166dc7c6b9772da' # unsafe - for testing only
     DATABASE_URL: 'postgres://posthog:posthog@localhost:5432/posthog'