diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
index 5ab67695..1f37acac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: update-readme
 run-name: ${{ github.actor }} is updating README.md
-on: [push]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'problems.json'
 
 jobs:
   update-readme:
@@ -9,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW_GIT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2