diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c84537c..8889988 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ build:docker:
   interruptible: true
   stage: build
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    # deployment is in "deploy:docker:"
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
       changes:
         - app/**/*
         - Dockerfile
         - requirements.txt
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
   tags: [ docker ]
   before_script:
     - docker buildx inspect
@@ -44,16 +44,13 @@ build:apt:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
       variables:
         VERSION: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    - if: ($CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event') || ($CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH)
       changes:
         - app/**/*
         - .DEBIAN/**/*
         - .gitlab-ci.yml
       variables:
         VERSION: "0.0.1"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
-      variables:
-        VERSION: "0.0.1"
   before_script:
     - echo -e "VERSION=$VERSION\nCOMMIT=$CI_COMMIT_SHA" > version.env
     # install build dependencies
@@ -94,16 +91,13 @@ build:pacman:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
       variables:
         VERSION: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    - if: ($CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event') || ($CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH)
       changes:
         - app/**/*
         - .PKGBUILD/**/*
         - .gitlab-ci.yml
       variables:
         VERSION: "0.0.1"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
-      variables:
-        VERSION: "0.0.1"
   before_script:
     #- echo -e "VERSION=$VERSION\nCOMMIT=$CI_COMMIT_SHA" > version.env
     # install build dependencies
@@ -170,7 +164,8 @@ test:apt:
   image: $IMAGE
   stage: test
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
       changes:
         - app/**/*
         - .DEBIAN/**/*
@@ -217,11 +212,12 @@ test:apt:
 test:pacman:archlinux:
   image: archlinux:base
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
       changes:
         - app/**/*
         - .PKGBUILD/**/*
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
+        - .gitlab-ci.yml
   needs:
     - job: build:pacman
       artifacts: true