diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index e33cc6a..c4b9895 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: ["master", "main"]
 
+  # Runs on pull requests to test the build
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["master", "main"]
+
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -45,12 +49,14 @@ jobs:
           uv run sphinx-build -b html . _build/html
 
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: '_build/html'
 
   # Deployment job
   deploy:
+    # Only deploy on pushes to main/master, not on pull requests
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/master')
     environment:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e34876..5383ddb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ __pycache__/
 .Python
 env/
 venv/
+.venv/
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 0e9ef41..5b92412 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 ]
 
 templates_path = ['_templates']
-exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store', 'README.md', 'CHANGELOG.md', 'CONTRIBUTING.md', '.github']
+exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store', 'README.md', 'CHANGELOG.md', 'CONTRIBUTING.md', '.github', '.venv', 'venv', 'env']
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-output