diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 51e35670da..d4284d2aad 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "files": [
     "all_contributors.md",
-    "README.md"
   ],
   "imageSize": 100,
   "commit": false,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_on_push.yml b/.github/workflows/test_on_push.yml
index 3443279414..1e759b0f2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_on_push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_on_push.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: PyBaMM
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
+    paths-ignore: [".all-contributorsrc", "all_contributors.md"]
 
 env:
   PYBAMM_DISABLE_TELEMETRY: "true"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d258aae59..d4a8bbb91b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 [![code style](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/charliermarsh/ruff/main/assets/badge/v2.json)](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff)
 [![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.scorecard.dev/projects/github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/badge)](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM)
 
-<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-95-orange.svg)](#-contributors)
-<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/all_contributors.md b/all_contributors.md
index c3958e8bf4..f06d61c14b 100644
--- a/all_contributors.md
+++ b/all_contributors.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+
+<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-94-orange.svg)](#-contributors)
+<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->
+
 Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->