diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 72308de5..529b5417 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ docs:
 big_files:
   stage: test
   image: davidhrbac/docker-mdcheck:latest
+  allow_failure: true
   script:
-  - find . -type f -size +10M
+  - find . -type f -size +10M | grep -v ".git"
+  - find . -type f -size +10M -print0 | grep -v ".git"
+  only:
+  - master
 
 other_files:
   stage: test
   image: davidhrbac/docker-mdcheck:latest
+  allow_failure: true
   script:
   - find . -type f | egrep -v ".eb|.patch|.sh|.yml|.git|.md|LICENSE"
+  - find . -type f -print0 | egrep -v ".eb|.patch|.sh|.yml|.git|.md|LICENSE"