diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-jobs.yaml b/.github/workflows/cron-jobs.yaml
index fc658da51..036d0d443 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-jobs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-jobs.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 name: Security and quality nightly scan
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 10 * * *'
+  pull_request:
+  # schedule:
+  #   - cron: '0 10 * * *'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
- 
+
 jobs:
   TICS:
     permissions:
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # TICS requires us to have the test results in cobertura xml format under the
           # directory use below
-          make go.unit
+          sudo make go.unit
           go install github.com/boumenot/gocover-cobertura@latest
           gocover-cobertura < coverage.txt > coverage.xml
           mkdir .coverage
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           # will try to build parts of the project itself
           sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:dqlite/dev
           sudo apt install dqlite-tools libdqlite-dev -y
-          make clean
+          sudo make clean
           go build -a ./...
 
           TICSQServer -project k8s-snap -tmpdir /tmp/tics -branchdir $HOME/work/k8s-snap/k8s-snap/