diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 159f057..27acdb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'pyproject.toml'
 
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+
 jobs:
   publish-node:
     name: Release and Publish Custom Node to registry
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'hayden-fr' }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4