diff --git a/.woodpecker/deploy.yml b/.woodpecker/deploy.yml
index c646113..b876157 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/deploy.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/deploy.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+variables:
+- &all_events ["push", "cron", "deployment", "manual"]
+
 labels:
   backend: local
 
@@ -13,19 +16,24 @@ matrix:
 # Run the correct matrix build on the correct branch
 when:
   evaluate: |
-    ((CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH) == ("${TYPE}" == "prod"))
+    CI_PIPELINE_EVENT in ["push", "cron", "deployment", "manual"]
+    and ((CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH) == ("${TYPE}" == "prod"))
 
 steps:
 - name: check
   image: bash
   commands:
   - nix flake check
+  when:
+    event: *all_events
 
 - name: build (${TYPE})
   image: bash
   commands:
   # If dev, include drafts and future articles, change base URL
   - nix develop -c make ${MAKE_TARGET}
+  when:
+    event: *all_events
 
 - name: deploy (${TYPE})
   image: bash
@@ -45,6 +53,8 @@ steps:
     target: sync_host
   commands:
   - "nix run github:ambroisie/nix-config#drone-rsync"
+  when:
+    event: *all_events
 
 - name: notify
   image: bash
@@ -60,6 +70,7 @@ steps:
   commands:
   - nix run github:ambroisie/matrix-notifier
   when:
+    event: *all_events
     status:
     - failure
     - success