diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 6747d40a5..cac01030b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 name: nightly
 
 on: 
-  workflow_dispatch :
-#    branches :  
-#      - dev
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 10 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch :
 
 jobs:
-  build:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        configuration: [Release]
-
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Windows, X64, APP]  # For a list of available runner types, refer to
-                             # https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on    
+  run-on-dev:
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev'
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Windows, X64, AX, APP]  
+    
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -28,4 +23,4 @@ jobs:
       env:
           GH_TOKEN : ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           GH_USER : ${{ secrets.GH_USER }}
-      run: dotnet run --project cake/Build.csproj --do-test --do-pack --test-level 100 --apps-run
+      run: dotnet run --project cake/Build.csproj --apps-run
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-dev.yml
index eee2bc888..808bbeb24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-dev.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
     paths:
      - 'src/**'
      - 'cake/**'
-     - '.github/**'
+    # - '.github/**' # temporarily removed just to tune nightly faster
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/scripts/create_issue_branch.ps1 b/scripts/_create_issue_branch.ps1
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/create_issue_branch.ps1
rename to scripts/_create_issue_branch.ps1
diff --git a/scripts/create_new_issue.ps1 b/scripts/create_new_issue.ps1
index a2e0f534f..621a7f8b0 100644
--- a/scripts/create_new_issue.ps1
+++ b/scripts/create_new_issue.ps1
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if ($issue -match ".*/(\d+)$") {
     $scriptDir = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent
 
     # Construct the full path to SecondScript.ps1
-    $create_issue_branchScriptPath = Join-Path -Path $scriptDir -ChildPath "create_issue_branch.ps1"
+    $create_issue_branchScriptPath = Join-Path -Path $scriptDir -ChildPath "_create_issue_branch.ps1"
 
     # Call create_issue_branch.ps1 with the parameter IssueId
     & $create_issue_branchScriptPath -IssueId $issueID