diff --git a/.github/workflows/cve2json.yml b/.github/workflows/cve2json.yml
index d389ef699f..405385aa8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cve2json.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cve2json.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       - main
     paths:
       - 'cves/**'
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering of the workflow
 
 jobs:
   cve2json:
@@ -18,16 +19,17 @@ jobs:
           go-version: 1.19
           check-latest: true
           
-      - name: run yaml2json.go to generate cves.json
+      - name: Run yaml2json.go to generate cves.json
         run: |
            go env -w GO111MODULE=off
            go get gopkg.in/yaml.v3
            go run .github/scripts/yaml2json.go $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/cves/ cves.json
+           md5sum cves.json | cut -d' ' -f1 > cves.json-checksum.txt
           
       - name: Commit files
         run: |
           git pull
-          git add cves.json
+          git add cves.json cves.json-checksum.txt
           git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
           git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
           git commit -m "Auto Generated cves.json [$(date)] :robot:" -a