diff --git a/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
index 54dc59a..8591143 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   # Job to build and check PRs
   build:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
@@ -26,11 +27,20 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y libudunits2-dev libgdal-dev libgeos-dev libproj-dev
 
-      # Add R dependencies
+      # Set up caching for R packages
+      - name: Cache R packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.R
+          key: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-R
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-R-
+
+      # Add R environment setup step
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
           use-public-rspm: true
-     
+
       # Install R dependencies
       - name: Install R dependencies
         run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("evaluate", "rmarkdown", "knitr", "readr", "tidyr", "reactable", "maps", "plotly", "ggplot2", "tidygeocoder", "countrycode"))'
@@ -42,7 +52,6 @@ jobs:
   # Job to deploy only when merging to devel
   deploy:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/devel'
-    needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -58,21 +67,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y libudunits2-dev libgdal-dev libgeos-dev libproj-dev
-          
-      # Set up caching for R packages
-      - name: Cache R packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.R
-          key: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-R
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-R-
 
-      # Add R dependencies
+      # Add R environment setup step
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
           use-public-rspm: true
-      
+
       # Install R dependencies
       - name: Install R dependencies
         run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("evaluate", "rmarkdown", "knitr", "readr", "tidyr", "reactable", "maps", "plotly", "ggplot2", "tidygeocoder", "countrycode"))'
@@ -82,5 +82,5 @@ jobs:
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/publish@v2
         with:
           target: gh-pages
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}