diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index e815da269d..936c319b1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -239,13 +239,14 @@ jobs:
 
       # Retrieve Stable Results for reference
       - name: Find ID of Reference Results
+        if: ${{ env.REFERENCE_JOB == 'false' }}
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         # this will search for the last successful execution of CI on main
         run: |
-          run_id=$(gh run list -R ReactionMechanismGenerator/RMG-Py --workflow="Continuous Integration" --branch main --limit 15 --json databaseId,conclusion --jq 'map(select(.conclusion == "success")) | .[0].databaseId')
+          run_id=$(gh run list -R ReactionMechanismGenerator/RMG-Py --workflow="Continuous Integration" --branch main --limit 60 --json databaseId,conclusion --jq 'map(select(.conclusion == "success")) | .[0].databaseId')
           if [ -z "$run_id" ] || [ "$run_id" = "null" ]; then
-            echo "::error::No successful reference run found"
+            echo "::error::No successful reference run found in last 60 runs."
             exit 1
           fi
           echo "CI_RUN_ID=$run_id" >> $GITHUB_ENV