diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 1571f034..a29fe78d 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ deployment:
     branch: master
     commands:
       - ./bin/docker-login
-      - make -C ui publish | sed '/NPM_TOKEN/d'
+      - [[ $(git diff --name-only) == *'ui/'* ]] && make -C ui publish | sed '/NPM_TOKEN/d'
       - make -j2 build | sed '/NPM_TOKEN/d'
       - make -j2 push | sed '/NPM_TOKEN/d'
       - ./bin/deploy