diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index d4c7e9fc..83f9e0ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ jobs:
     name: 🚀 Deploy
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # only deploy main branch on pushes
-    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name == 'push' }}
+    if:
+      ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name == 'push' &&
+      github.repository_owner == 'epicweb-dev' }}
 
     steps:
       - name: ⬇️ Checkout repo
diff --git a/epicshop/update-deps.sh b/epicshop/update-deps.sh
index c5679a72..dc4098b5 100755
--- a/epicshop/update-deps.sh
+++ b/epicshop/update-deps.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 npx npm-check-updates --dep prod,dev --upgrade --root
-rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json ./exercises/**/node_modules
+cd epicshop && npx npm-check-updates --dep prod,dev --upgrade --root
+cd ..
+rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json ./epicshop/package-lock.json ./epicshop/node_modules ./exercises/**/node_modules
 npm install
 npm run setup
 npm run typecheck