diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5577b36a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# (does the same thing as update-swap-lists but doesn't commit changes)
+
+name: Run tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - main
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 * * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "20.16.0"
+          cache: "yarn"
+          cache-dependency-path: swap-tokens-generator/yarn.lock
+      - run: cd swap-tokens-generator && yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn run build
+      - run: cd swap-tokens-generator && yarn run update:lists
+      - run: cd swap-tokens-generator && mv dist/lists/*.json ../swaplists
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-swap-list.yml b/.github/workflows/update-swap-list.yml
index b4c1d3c432..ed154fd065 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-swap-list.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-swap-list.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ name: Update swap lists every 60 mins
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - main
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 * * * *"