diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/sgeupdated.yml b/.gitea/workflows/sgeupdated.yml
index 69321ef..77ed082 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/sgeupdated.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/sgeupdated.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ name: sgeUpdated CI/CD
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main   # trigger only when code is merged into main
-  workflow_dispatch:   # allow manual trigger
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: sgeupdated-deploy-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -32,20 +32,30 @@ jobs:
             git fetch origin main
             git reset --hard origin/main
 
-            echo "⚡ Rebuilding Backend..."
-            cd sge-backend
-            /opt/apache-maven-3.9.11/bin/mvn clean install -DskipTests
-            cd ..
-            docker compose up -d --build backend
+            # Rebuild backend if it has changed
+            if git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD | grep -q "^sge-backend/"; then
+              echo "⚡ Rebuilding Backend..."
+              cd sge-backend
+              /opt/apache-maven-3.9.11/bin/mvn clean install -DskipTests
+              cd ..
+              docker compose up -d --build backend
+            else
+              echo "✅ Backend unchanged, skipping rebuild."
+            fi
 
-            echo "⚡ Rebuilding Frontend..."
-            cd sge-frontend
-            rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json
-            npm cache clean --force
-            npm install
-            npm run build
-            cd ..
-            docker compose up -d --build frontend
+            # Rebuild frontend if it has changed
+            if git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD | grep -q "^sge-frontend/"; then
+              echo "⚡ Rebuilding Frontend..."
+              cd sge-frontend
+              rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json
+              npm cache clean --force
+              npm install
+              npm run build
+              cd ..
+              docker compose up -d --build frontend
+            else
+              echo "✅ Frontend unchanged, skipping rebuild."
+            fi
 
             echo "✅ Deployment complete. Current containers:"
             docker ps --format 'table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Ports}}'