diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18666874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: build
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.x
+      - run: echo "cache_id=$(date --utc '+%V')" >> $GITHUB_ENV 
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          key: mkdocs-material-${{ env.cache_id }}
+          path: ~/.cache 
+          restore-keys: |
+            mkdocs-material-
+      - run: pip install -r requirements.txt 
+      - run: mkdocs build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
similarity index 96%
rename from .github/workflows/ci.yml
rename to .github/workflows/deploy.yml
index e31b21a8..4d1b966b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-name: ci 
+name: deploy
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+
 permissions:
-  contents: write
   pages: write
   id-token: write
+
 jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index d5ccd2b6..737751f8 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ site_url: https://status.ocf.berkeley.edu
 # repo_name: ocf/mkdocs-status
 # edit_uri: edit/main/docs/
 
-theme:
+theme
   name: material
   logo: assets/penguin.svg
   favicon: assets/favicon.ico