diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7135b853e..d4835e443 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 version: 2
+
+branches:
+  ignore:
+      - gh-pages
 jobs:
 
   base: