diff --git a/.github/auto-merge.yml b/.github/auto-merge.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f40196d..00000000
--- a/.github/auto-merge.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-requiredLabels:
-  - automerge
-deleteBranchAfterMerge: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index 93081ee6..0263b366 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ jobs:
         uses: "pascalgn/automerge-action@v0.11.0"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          UPDATE_RETRIES: 10
+          UPDATE_RETRY_SLEEP: 60000
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 1ce29317..06628731 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
             pull_number: context.payload.number,
             per_page: 100
           })
-          const serviceChanged = result.data.filter(f => f.filename.startsWith("app/") || f.filename.endsWith("gradle") || f.filename.startsWith(".github/workflows/pull_request.yml") || f.filename.startsWith("gradle") || f.filename.endsWith("properties")).length > 0
-          console.log(serviceChanged)
-          return serviceChanged
+          const shouldRun = result.data.filter(f => !f.filename.endsWith(".md") || !f.filename.endsWith(".yml")).length > 0
+          console.log(shouldRun)
+          return shouldRun
 
     - name: Checkout repository
       if: ${{ steps.service-changed.outputs.result == 'true' }}