diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 5eebb44a00..47e0e622d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ on:
       - '**.toml'
       - 'bindings/**'
       - '!bindings/**.md'
+      - 'bindings/wasm/README.md' # the Readme contain txm tests
 
 env:
   RUST_BACKTRACE: full
diff --git a/bindings/wasm/README.md b/bindings/wasm/README.md
index 32c0e91d6d..4e821c4ac2 100644
--- a/bindings/wasm/README.md
+++ b/bindings/wasm/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Test this example using https://github.com/anko/txm: `txm README.md`
 
 Replace imports with local paths for txm:
 !test program
-cat | sed -e "s#require('@iota/identity-wasm/node')#require('./node')#" | node
+cat | sed -e "s#require('@iota/identity-wasm/node')#require('./node')#" | timeout 30 node || (echo "Process timed out after 30 seconds" && exit 1)
 -->
 <!-- !test check Nodejs Example -->