diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-pdf.yml b/.github/workflows/draft-pdf.yml
index cee21e61..e6598292 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft-pdf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft-pdf.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: JOSS paper compilation
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - joss*
+      - joss
 jobs:
   paper:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a13169f8..efeccff5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+.benchmarkci
 libs/
 test/
 docs/
+benchmark/
 Manifest.toml
\ No newline at end of file