diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e78eabb18..d27b58f9a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ test-rust-stable:
   image: ethcore/rust:stable
   before_script:
     - git submodule update --init --recursive
-    - export RUST_FILES_MODIFIED=$(git --no-pager diff --name-only $CI_BUILD_REF^ $CI_BUILD_REF | grep -v \.js | wc -l)
-    - export JS_FILES_MODIFIED=$(git --no-pager diff --name-only $CI_BUILD_REF^ $CI_BUILD_REF | grep \.js | wc -l)
+    - export RUST_FILES_MODIFIED=$(git --no-pager diff --name-only $CI_BUILD_REF^ $CI_BUILD_REF | grep -v ^js/ | wc -l)
+    - export JS_FILES_MODIFIED=$(git --no-pager diff --name-only $CI_BUILD_REF^ $CI_BUILD_REF | grep ^js/ | wc -l)
     - echo "rust/js modified: $RUST_FILES_MODIFIED / $JS_FILES_MODIFIED"
     - if [ "$JS_FILES_MODIFIED" = 0 ]; then echo "Skipping JS deps install since no JS files modified."; else ./js/scripts/install-deps.sh;fi
   script:
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ js-test:
   image: ethcore/rust:stable
   before_script:
     - git submodule update --init --recursive
-    - export JS_FILES_MODIFIED=$(git --no-pager diff --name-only $CI_BUILD_REF^ $CI_BUILD_REF | grep \.js | wc -l)
+    - export JS_FILES_MODIFIED=$(git --no-pager diff --name-only $CI_BUILD_REF^ $CI_BUILD_REF | grep ^js/ | wc -l)
     - echo $JS_FILES_MODIFIED
     - if [ "$JS_FILES_MODIFIED" = 0 ]; then echo "Skipping JS deps install since no JS files modified."; else ./js/scripts/install-deps.sh;fi
   script:
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ js-release:
     - stable
   image: ethcore/rust:stable
   before_script:
-    - export JS_FILES_MODIFIED=$(git --no-pager diff --name-only $CI_BUILD_REF^ $CI_BUILD_REF | grep \.js | wc -l)
+    - export JS_FILES_MODIFIED=$(git --no-pager diff --name-only $CI_BUILD_REF^ $CI_BUILD_REF | grep ^js/ | wc -l)
     - echo $JS_FILES_MODIFIED
     - if [ "$JS_FILES_MODIFIED" = 0  ]; then echo "Skipping JS deps install since no JS files modified."; else ./js/scripts/install-deps.sh;fi
   script: