diff --git a/.github/workflows/joss-paper.yml b/.github/workflows/joss-paper.yml
index 98d20d2d..6650b016 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/joss-paper.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/joss-paper.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-on: workflow_dispatch
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - "paper/joss/**"
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   paper:
diff --git a/paper/joss/paper.pdf b/paper/joss/paper.pdf
deleted file mode 100644
index 69fe6a04..00000000
Binary files a/paper/joss/paper.pdf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/paper/joss/paper.pdf.info b/paper/joss/paper.pdf.info
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..105135a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper/joss/paper.pdf.info
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+The compiled .pdf is available as an asset of the latest
+run of the joss-paper.yml GitHub Actions workflow.
+
+https://github.com/flatironinstitute/neurosift/actions
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