diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c54ba7c..92cd3ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
       markdown: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.markdown }}
       markdown_files: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.markdown_files }}
       shellscript: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.shellscript }}
-      shellscript_files: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.shellscript_files }}
     if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.draft }}
     steps:
       - name: Assign yourself to this PR
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
               - 'dot_profile'
               - 'dot_zprofile'
               - 'dot_zsh*'
-              - '!examples/**'
 
   lint:
     name: Lint
@@ -71,14 +69,10 @@ jobs:
       - parallel:
         - name: Check formatting (shfmt)
           if: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.shellscript == 'true' }}
-          env:
-            SHELLSCRIPT_FILES: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.shellscript_files }}
-          run: shfmt -d $SHELLSCRIPT_FILES
+          run: find . -type f \( -name 'dot_profile' -o -name 'dot_z*' -o -name '*.sh' -o -name '*.zsh' \) | grep -Ev 'examples/*' | xargs shfmt -d
         - name: ShellCheck
           if: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.shellscript == 'true' }}
-          env:
-            SHELLSCRIPT_FILES: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.shellscript_files }}
-          run: shellcheck $SHELLSCRIPT_FILES
+          run: find . -type f \( -name 'dot_profile' -o -name 'dot_z*' -o -name '*.sh' -o -name '*.zsh' \) | grep -Ev 'examples/*' | xargs shellcheck
         - name: Markdown lint
           if: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.markdown == 'true' }}
           uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@8de2aa07cae85fd17c0b35642db70cf5495f1d25 # v24.0.0
@@ -103,7 +97,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     timeout-minutes: 2
     needs: [test]
-    if: ${{ !(failure() || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')) }}
+    if: always() && (contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled'))
     steps:
-      - name: Exit with success
-        run: exit 0
+      - run: exit 1