diff --git a/.github/workflows/data-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/data-checks.yml
index ee77aab2..7533a11d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/data-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/data-checks.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 # This runs tox in the two directories under data
 name: Data Checks
-
 on:
-  push:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]  # runs on any PR against main
-
-
 jobs:
   data-pipeline:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -14,7 +10,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # checks all of the versions allowed in pyproject.toml
         python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
-
     steps:
       # installs python
       # one execution of the tests per version listed above
diff --git a/data/data-pipeline/data_pipeline/tile/generate.py b/data/data-pipeline/data_pipeline/tile/generate.py
index 02dda601..17c18922 100644
--- a/data/data-pipeline/data_pipeline/tile/generate.py
+++ b/data/data-pipeline/data_pipeline/tile/generate.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def generate_tiles(data_path: Path) -> None:
     logger.info("Generating USA High mvt folders and files")
     cmd = "tippecanoe "
     cmd += f"--minimum-zoom={USA_HIGH_MIN_ZOOM} --maximum-zoom={USA_HIGH_MAX_ZOOM} --no-tile-compression "
-    cmd += f"--output-to-directory={high_tile_path} "
+    cmd += f"--output-to-directory={high_tile_path} --layer=blocks "
     cmd += str(score_geojson_dir / "usa-high.json")
     call(cmd, shell=True)
 
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ def generate_tiles(data_path: Path) -> None:
     logger.info("Generating USA Low mvt folders and files")
     cmd = "tippecanoe "
     cmd += f"--minimum-zoom={USA_LOW_MIN_ZOOM} --maximum-zoom={USA_LOW_MAX_ZOOM} --no-tile-compression "
-    cmd += f"--output-to-directory={low_tile_path} "
+    cmd += f"--output-to-directory={low_tile_path} --layer=blocks "
     cmd += str(score_geojson_dir / "usa-low.json")
     call(cmd, shell=True)