diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 2b645efc..220d808f 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ steps:
       from_secret: STAGING_TOKEN
   commands:
   - 'curl -XPOST -H "Authorization: $TOKEN" -H "X-Branch: $DRONE_BRANCH" "https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~a3thakra/update-csc/"'
+  when:
+    branch:
+      exclude:
+      - main
 
 - name: deploy (production)
   image: node:16