diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest.yaml b/.github/workflows/unittest.yaml
index 51b644214..a8eb657ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Python application test
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - 'main'
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         echo "${{ secrets.METAGPT_KEY_YAML }}" | base64 -d > config/key.yaml
-        mkdir -p ~/.metagpt/ && echo "${{ secrets.METAGPT_KEY_YAML }}" | base64 -d > ~/.metagpt/key.yaml
         pytest tests/ --doctest-modules --cov=./metagpt/ --cov-report=xml:cov.xml --cov-report=html:htmlcov --durations=20 | tee unittest.txt
     - name: Show coverage report
       run: |