diff --git a/.github/workflows/porter-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/porter-integration.yml
index 44af00e93c..71023ba85b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/porter-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/porter-integration.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 name: porter/porter-integration
+# this will only run when this is on main branch apparently so use pr for now (temporary)
+#on:
+#  issue_comment:
+#    types: [created, edited]
 on:
-  issue_comment:
-    types: [created, edited]
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
 
 env:
   GOVERSION: 1.20.7