diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7637977f07..b415610673 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,16 @@
 name: PouchDB CI
 
 on:
-  push: {}
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '**'
+      - '!docs/**'
   pull_request:
     branches: [master]
+    paths:
+      - '**'
+      - '!docs/**'
+
 
 env:
   NODE_VERSION: 14
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 3f7c68ec67..9643d52912 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
+    needs: test-docs
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/sublevel-pouchdb/src/index.js b/packages/node_modules/sublevel-pouchdb/src/index.js
index 67f8a2523e..5fd7e2a179 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/sublevel-pouchdb/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/sublevel-pouchdb/src/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Codec from 'level-codec';
 import ReadStream from './readStream';
 import precodec from './legacyCodec';
 
-var codec = new Codec();
+const codec = new Codec();
 
 function sublevelPouch(db) {
   return shell(nut(db, precodec, codec), [], ReadStream, db.options);