diff --git a/ghost-upload/.gitlab-ci.yml b/ghost-upload/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3565437..6140914 100644
--- a/ghost-upload/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/ghost-upload/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ publish:
     - cd ./ghost-upload
     - cargo run
   needs:
-    - pages
+    - job: pages
+      optional: true
   rules:
     - if: "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH"
+    - if: "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == 'ghost-content-extraction'"  # Allow testing on this branch