diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yaml
index 7f76a15..d07b58a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       flake: true
       black: true
       pythonVersion: 3.11-buster
+      skipDjangoCheck: true
 
   publish-backend:
     uses: pennlabs/shared-actions/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yaml@v0.1