diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish_to_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish_to_pypi.yml
index ccaba17..ce8e4be 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish_to_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish_to_pypi.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 name: Publish Python distributions to PyPI
 
-on: push
+on: 
+  push:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   build-n-publish:
@@ -28,4 +30,4 @@ jobs:
       if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
       with:
-        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
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+        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}