diff --git a/.actrc b/.actrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72b3862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.actrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-e .github/act-event.json
diff --git a/.github/act-event.json b/.github/act-event.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43c2f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/act-event.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "act": true
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index c2ea7c8..554963d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   analyze:
-    env:
-      ACT:
-    if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
     name: Analyze
+    if: ${{ !github.event.act }} # skip during local actions testing
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       actions: read
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c143563..5c2cd53 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 /umd
 npm-debug.log*
 *.swp
+*.swo
 .DS_Store