diff --git a/.github/workflows/eslint.yml b/.github/workflows/eslint.yml
index 82eb24f0..a6a5824a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eslint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eslint.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ name: ES Lint the repo
 # trigger event is on a push or a pull request
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened]
 
 jobs:
   eslint:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-push.yml b/.github/workflows/image-push.yml
index 60ce3883..37360adc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-push.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # checkout the codebase
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # connect to the renci image registry
       - name: Login to containers.renci.org
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index aa5e629c..13aac7fd 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -2,27 +2,23 @@ import globals from "globals";
 import react from "eslint-plugin-react";
 
 // this bit fixes the collision with the React definition of react
-react.configs.recommended.plugins = { react };
-react.configs.recommended.languageOptions = { parserOptions: react.configs.recommended.parserOptions };
-delete react.configs.recommended.parserOptions;
+react["configs"]["recommended"].plugins = { react };
+react["configs"]["recommended"].languageOptions = { parserOptions: react["configs"]["recommended"].parserOptions };
+
+// remove this because we are going to create it properly below
+delete react["configs"]["recommended"].parserOptions;
 
-// define the eslint configuration
 export default [
-  react.configs.recommended,
+  react["configs"]["recommended"],
   {
     plugins: { react },
     files: ["src/**/*.js*"],
-    ignores: ["**/*.config.js", "dist/**/*", "build/**/*"],
+    ignores: ["**/*.config.js", "dist/**/*", "build/**/*", "node_modules/**/*"],
     settings: { react: {version: "18.2.0"} },
     languageOptions: {
-      parserOptions: {
-        ecmaFeatures: {
-          jsx: true,
-        }},
-      globals: {
-          ...globals.node,
-          ...globals.browser
-      }
+      sourceType: "module",
+      parserOptions: { ecmaFeatures: { jsx: true } },
+      globals: { ...globals.node, ...globals.browser }
     },
     rules: {
       "no-unused-vars": "warn",
@@ -32,6 +28,7 @@ export default [
       "no-dupe-args": "warn",
       "no-dupe-keys": "warn",
       "react/display-name": "off"
+      // ,"no-console": ["error", { allow: ["warn", "error"] }]
     },
     linterOptions: { reportUnusedDisableDirectives: "error" }
   }