diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c7c596ef5..d6dc3ab94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ name: Build
 
 on: 
   push:
-    branches:
-      - 'master'
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index 942c1a064..643685c44 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -89,35 +89,33 @@ docker run --rm \
 # test appimagetool-"$ARCH".AppImage
 # note: if we're in a CI system, we allow the use of FUSE in the container, to make sure that this functionality works as intended
 # outside CI environments, we use APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN instead, which is safer, but gives less meaningful results
+docker_test_opts=("${common_docker_opts[@]}")
+
 # note: FUSE and QEMU don't like each other, so if we're running in emulated mode, we can't run these tests
-# therefore, by default, on ARM, these tests are not run
-if [[ "$ARCH" != "arm"* ]] && [[ "$ARCH" != "aarch"* ]]; then
-    docker_test_opts=("${common_docker_opts[@]}")
-
-    if [[ "$CI" != "" ]]; then
-        echo "Warning: assuming this is running in a CI environment, allowing the use of FUSE in the container"
-        docker_test_opts+=(
-            "--device" "/dev/fuse:mrw"
-            "--cap-add" "SYS_ADMIN"
-            "--security-opt" "apparmor:unconfined"
-        )
-    else
-        echo "Note: this is not a CI environment, using APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN and patching out magic bytes"
-        docker_test_opts+=(
-            "-e" "APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1"
-            "-e" "PATCH_OUT_MAGIC_BYTES=1"
-        )
-    fi
-
-    # to make fuse happy, we need to use a "real" user
-    # as we don't want to use root, we use the user "build" we created in AppImageBuild
-    docker run --rm \
-        --user build \
-        "${docker_test_opts[@]}" \
-        "$docker_image" \
-        /bin/bash -xc "cd /out && bash /ws/ci/test-appimage.sh ./appimagetool-\"$ARCH\".AppImage"
+# therefore, by default, on ARM, these tests are not run with FUSE
+if [[ "$CI" != "" ]] && [[ "$ARCH" != "arm"* ]] && [[ "$ARCH" != "aarch"* ]]; then
+    echo "Warning: assuming this is running in a CI environment, allowing the use of FUSE in the container"
+    docker_test_opts+=(
+        "--device" "/dev/fuse:mrw"
+        "--cap-add" "SYS_ADMIN"
+        "--security-opt" "apparmor:unconfined"
+    )
+else
+    echo "Note: this is not a CI environment (or an ARM build), using APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN and patching out magic bytes"
+    docker_test_opts+=(
+        "-e" "APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1"
+        "-e" "PATCH_OUT_MAGIC_BYTES=1"
+    )
 fi
 
+# to make fuse happy, we need to use a "real" user
+# as we don't want to use root, we use the user "build" we created in AppImageBuild
+docker run --rm \
+    --user build \
+    "${docker_test_opts[@]}" \
+    "$docker_image" \
+    /bin/bash -xc "cd /out && bash /ws/ci/test-appimage.sh ./appimagetool-\"$ARCH\".AppImage"
+
 # remove binaries from output directory
 ls -al out/
 rm out/appimagetool