diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-test.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-test.yml
index 2b87893d4..a737d0e0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-test.yml
@@ -13,15 +13,31 @@ on:
       - 'hotfix/**'
       - 'release/**'
       - 'dependabot/**'
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'frontend/**'
-      - '**.md'
 
 jobs:
   backend-test:
     name: Test Backend
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Run backend tests
-      run: sudo mkdir -p /ci-data && sudo docker-compose --env-file .env-ci run backend pytest
+      - name: Check if files have been changed in the backend
+        uses: actions/github-script@0.9.0
+        id: backend-changed
+        with:
+          result-encoding: string
+          script: |
+            const result = await github.pulls.listFiles({
+              owner: context.payload.repository.owner.login,
+              repo: context.payload.repository.name,
+              pull_number: context.payload.number,
+              per_page: 100
+            })
+            const backendChanged = result.data.filter(f => f.filename.startsWith("backend/") || f.filename.startsWith(".github") || f.filename.startsWith("docker-compose") || f.filename.startsWith(".env-ci")).length > 0
+            console.log("backend changed: ", backendChanged)
+            return backendChanged
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        if: ${{ steps.backend-changed.outputs.result == 'true' }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Run backend tests
+        run: sudo mkdir -p /ci-data && sudo docker-compose --env-file .env-ci run backend pytest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend-test.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend-test.yml
index fdb14f20e..218399ef4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend-test.yml
@@ -13,15 +13,31 @@ on:
       - 'hotfix/**'
       - 'release/**'
       - 'dependabot/**'
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'backend/**'
-      - '**.md'
 
 jobs:
   frontend-test:
     name: Test Frontend
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Run frontend tests
-      run: sudo docker-compose --env-file .env-ci run frontend yarn test
+      - name: Check if files have been changed in the frontend
+        uses: actions/github-script@0.9.0
+        id: frontend-changed
+        with:
+          result-encoding: string
+          script: |
+            const result = await github.pulls.listFiles({
+              owner: context.payload.repository.owner.login,
+              repo: context.payload.repository.name,
+              pull_number: context.payload.number,
+              per_page: 100
+            })
+            const frontendChanged = result.data.filter(f => f.filename.startsWith("frontend/") || f.filename.startsWith(".github") || f.filename.startsWith("docker-compose")  || f.filename.startsWith(".env-ci")).length > 0
+            console.log("Frontend changed: ", frontendChanged)
+            return frontendChanged
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        if: ${{ steps.frontend-changed.outputs.result == 'true' }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Run frontend tests
+        run: sudo docker-compose --env-file .env-ci run frontend yarn test