diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
index 179eb53..5eb01b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   schedule:
     # Run every Sunday at 06:53 UTC
     - cron: 53 6 * * 0
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 68f7426..91d35d4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ install_requires =
     pytest>=4.6
     numpy
 
+# tables limitation is until 3.9.3 is out as that supports ARM OSX.
 [options.extras_require]
 test =
     astropy
     pandas
-    tables
+    tables;platform_machine!='arm64'
 
 [options.entry_points]
 pytest11 =