diff --git a/.github/fetch-events.js b/.github/fetch-events.js
index 0a60a329..d9985c32 100644
--- a/.github/fetch-events.js
+++ b/.github/fetch-events.js
@@ -9,12 +9,38 @@ const params = new URLSearchParams({
 });
 
 const url = `${peoplyUrl}?${params}`;
+const eventIdFile = "_data/eventId.txt";
+
+let prevEventId = "";
+
+if (fs.existsSync(eventIdFile)) {
+  prevEventId = fs.readFileSync(eventIdFile, "utf-8").trim();
+};
 
 fetch(url)
   .then((res) => res.json())
   .then((data) => {
     console.log("Fetched events:", data);
 
+    if (!data || data.length === 0) {
+      console.log("No data returned from Peoply.")
+      process.exit(0);
+    };
+
+    // Accesss latest event ID
+    const latestEvent = data[0];
+    const latestEventId = latestEvent.id;
+
+    // Stop if no new event
+    if (latestEventId === prevEventId) {
+      console.log("No new events in Peoply.");
+      process.exit(0);
+    };
+
+    // New event found
+    console.log("New event added in Peoply.");
+    fs.writeFileSync(eventIdFile, latestEventId);
+
     // Adjust event time to follow timezone in Norway:
     const updatedData = data.map(event => {
       const date = new Date(event.startDate);
@@ -23,10 +49,11 @@ fetch(url)
       return {...event, startDate: updatedStartDate };
     })
 
-    fs.writeFileSync("_data/events.json", JSON.stringify(updatedData, 2));
+    fs.writeFileSync("_data/events.json", JSON.stringify(updatedData, null, 2));
     console.log("Events written to _data/events.json");
+    process.exit(1);
   })
   .catch((err) => {
     console.error("Failed to fetch events:", err);
-    process.exit(1);
+    process.exit(0);
   });
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-update.yml b/.github/workflows/check-update.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..334794b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-update.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Check for new events on Peoply
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  actions: write
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 2 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  check-events:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "18"
+
+      - name: Run Peoply event check
+        id: check
+        run: node .github/fetch-events.js
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Trigger main build workflow
+        if: steps.check.conclusion == 'failure'
+        uses: benc-uk/workflow-dispatch@e2e5e9a103e331dad343f381a29e654aea3cf8fc
+        with:
+          workflow: Build and Deploy Jekyll site
+          ref: master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ab2812c4..c78cebb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     if: >-
       github.event_name == 'push' &&
-      (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/master')
+      (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/master') ||
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
diff --git a/_data/eventId.txt b/_data/eventId.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfe6805b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_data/eventId.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+29b91519-0d07-4d5f-abc5-5b9f1d6ddf59
\ No newline at end of file