diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing_framework.yaml b/.github/workflows/testing_framework.yaml
index 6544ea21..2d803d5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing_framework.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing_framework.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   schedule: # schedule the job to run once a day
    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
 
-  #workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
   # pull_request: ## temporary for debugging development purposes
   #   branches:
@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
-        with:
-          ref: 'main'
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5.1.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
+      - name: Debug - List directory contents
+        run: ls -al ./main/recipes/natural_language_processing/chatbot
+
       - name: Install opentelemetry dependencies
         run: |
           pip install --no-cache-dir opentelemetry-sdk opentelemetry-exporter-otlp opentelemetry-instrumentation