diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0700501..908ebfd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**.md'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**.md'
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
index 9fd9507..4bdafb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**.md'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**.md'
 jobs:
   # Run code coverage using cargo-llvm-cov then upload to codecov.io
   job_code_coverage:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/format.yml b/.github/workflows/format.yml
index 19899e1..0b358c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ name: formatting
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
+    paths:
+      - '**.rs'
+      - 'README.md'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
+      - 'README.md'
+      - '**.rs'
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
@@ -23,4 +25,4 @@ jobs:
       run: cargo fmt --check
 
     - name: Run cargo-readme check
-      run: cargo readme > TMP_README.md && diff -b TMP_README.md README.md
\ No newline at end of file
+      run: cargo readme > TMP_README.md && diff -b TMP_README.md README.md