diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 132086a..4cf6b00 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 ^modelling$
 ^models$
 ^codecov\.yml$
+^\.Renviron$
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ep-update-data.yaml b/.github/workflows/ep-update-data.yaml
index 902ea81..aa53eb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ep-update-data.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ep-update-data.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/master/examples
 # Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
 on:
-  # push:
-  #   branches: [main, master]
-  # pull_request:
-  #   branches: [main, master]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: 5 4 * 9-12,1 5,1,2
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: ep-update-data
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9168bf8..9bf7782 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .Rproj.user
+.Renviron
 .Rhistory
 .Rdata
 .httr-oauth