diff --git a/.github/workflows/.act/README.md b/.github/workflows/.act/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Act events
+
+This project uses [act](https://github.com/nektos/act) to help test GitHub Actions locally. This directory contains act event definitions.
+
+## Requirements
+
+- [act](https://github.com/nektos/act), this guide assumes you have installed act as a [GitHub CLI extension](https://github.com/nektos/act#installation-as-github-cli-extension).
+- [Docker](https://www.docker.com/)
+
+## Running act
+
+The following command can be run to exercise the GitHub Actions locally.
+
+```bash
+gh act  -W .github/workflows/build-and-sign-image.yml -e .github/workflows/.act/push-event.json
+```
diff --git a/.github/workflows/.act/push-event.json b/.github/workflows/.act/push-event.json
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@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  "ref": "refs/tags/v0.3.15",
+  "before": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+  "after": "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678",
+  "created": false,
+  "deleted": false,
+  "forced": false,
+  "base_ref": "refs/heads/main",
+  "compare": "https://github.com/your-username/your-repo-name/compare/your-tag-name",
+  "commits": [
+    {
+      "id": "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678",
+      "tree_id": "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678",
+      "message": "Commit message associated with the main branch",
+      "timestamp": "2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Your Name",
+        "email": "your-email@example.com",
+        "username": "your-username"
+      },
+      "committer": {
+        "name": "Your Name",
+        "email": "your-email@example.com",
+        "username": "your-username"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "head_commit": {
+    "id": "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678",
+    "tree_id": "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678",
+    "distinct": true,
+    "message": "Head commit message on main branch",
+    "timestamp": "2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+    "author": {
+      "name": "Your Name",
+      "email": "your-email@example.com",
+      "username": "your-username"
+    },
+    "committer": {
+      "name": "Your Name",
+      "email": "your-email@example.com",
+      "username": "your-username"
+    }
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "name": "nginx-loadbalancer-kubernetes",
+    "full_name": "nginxinc/nginx-loadbalancer-kubernetes"
+  },
+  "pusher": {
+    "name": "ciroque",
+    "email": "ciroque@live.com"
+  },
+  "sender": {
+    "login": "ciroque"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-sign-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-sign-image.yml
index 2fbf227..3d2faff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-sign-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-sign-image.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,30 @@ env:
   IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
 
 jobs:
+  find_origin_branch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      branch: ${{ steps.find_origin_branch.outputs.branch }}
+    steps:
+        - name: Checkout
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+        - name: Get the tag's SHA
+          id: get_tag_sha
+          run: |
+            echo "**************** Looking for SHA of tag: ${{ github.ref }}"
+            echo "::set-output name=sha::$(git rev-parse ${{ github.ref }})"
+
+        - name: Find origin branch
+          id: find_origin_branch
+          run: |
+            echo "**************** Looking for branch containing: ${{ steps.get_tag_sha.outputs.sha }}"
+            echo "::set-output name=branch::$(git branch -r --contains ${{ steps.get_tag_sha.outputs.sha }} | grep -v HEAD | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*origin\///' | grep -e '^main$')"
+
   build_and_sign_image:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: find_origin_branch
+    if: needs.find_origin_branch.outputs.branch == 'main'
     permissions:
       contents: write
       packages: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 454c716..dc9aa86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - *
-
+      - '*'
 jobs:
-
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: