diff --git a/.gitallowed b/.gitallowed
index e7593cf..462bb67 100644
--- a/.gitallowed
+++ b/.gitallowed
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 token: ?"?\$\{\{\s*secrets\.GITHUB_TOKEN\s*\}\}"?
 .*\.gitallowed.*
 id-token: write
+def __init__\(self, token: str, owner: str, repo: str
+token = os.environ\.get\("GH_TOKEN"\)
+self\.token = token
+password: \${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/quality-checks.yml
index 6e961ef..8c41cd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality-checks.yml
@@ -193,6 +193,15 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Run build if Makefile target exists
+        run: |
+          if grep -qE "^build:" "Makefile"; then
+            echo "build target exists in Makefile"
+            make build
+          else
+            echo "build target not found in Makefile"
+          fi
+
   # CloudFormation validation (runs only if templates exist, ~3-5 minutes)
   cloudformation-validation:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04