diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 338f93d4..a0b910bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main, dev]
   pull_request:
     branches: [main, dev]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: R-CMD-check
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/document.yaml b/.github/workflows/document.yaml
index 80672c74..17a85104 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/document.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/document.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
 on:
   push:
-    paths: ["R/**"]
+    paths: ["R/**", "README.Rmd"]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: Document
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index afd9fdbe..4eda2fd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main, dev]
   pull_request:
     branches: [main, dev]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: lint
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/style.yaml b/.github/workflows/style.yaml
index c01a2da9..acdc0470 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ on:
         "**.[rR]nw",
         "**.[rR]profile",
       ]
+    workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: Style
 
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 319cf4fa..51f3670c 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ forecasting models. We also provide packages for downstream data processing
 
 ## Usage
 
+```{r, echo=FALSE}
+# This is so that if you have USE_EPIDATR_CACHE=TRUE in your .Renviron, the
+# startup message does not get included in the README.md when you build this.
+suppressPackageStartupMessages(library(epidatr))
+```
+
 ```{r}
 library(epidatr)
 # Obtain the smoothed covid-like illness (CLI) signal from Delphi's US COVID-19
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31b1305e..e849ac2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@ also provide packages for downstream data processing
 
 ``` r
 library(epidatr)
-#> ! epidatr cache is being used (set env var EPIDATR_USE_CACHE=FALSE if not
-#>   intended).
-#> ℹ The cache directory is /fasterHome/workingDataDir/epidatr.
-#> ℹ The cache will be cleared after 1 day and will be pruned if it exceeds 1024
-#>   MB.
-#> ℹ The log of cache transactions is stored at
-#>   /fasterHome/workingDataDir/epidatr/logfile.txt.
 # Obtain the smoothed covid-like illness (CLI) signal from Delphi's US COVID-19
 # Trends and Impact Survey (CTIS), in partnership with Facebook, as it was on
 # April 10, 2021 for the US at the national level