diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml b/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml
index 4aee7377..f259002f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ jobs:
           path: changes.txt
       - name: Extract
         run: |          
-          [ -s changes.txt ] || echo "file is empty" && exit 1
+          [ -s changes.txt ] || echo "BUILD=false >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
   Lists:
 
     name: Find desktop variants
     needs: [ Prepare ]
     runs-on: self-hosted
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Armbian' }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'Armbian' && env.UPLOAD != false }}
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{steps.list_dirs.outputs.matrix}}
     steps: