diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml
index eaba98a36..40b05931f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml
@@ -32,46 +32,72 @@ on:
         default: "frontend-dev-ecs-cluster"
 
 jobs:
-  build_site_data:
-    name: ${{ inputs.environment }} deployment
+  check_files_changed:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: write
-    env:
-      AWS_REGION: ${{ inputs.region }}
-      ECR_REPOSITORY: ${{ inputs.core_app }}-${{ inputs.environment }}-ecr
-      ECS_SERVICE: ${{ inputs.core_app }}-${{ inputs.environment }}-ecs-service
-      ECS_CLUSTER: frontend-${{ inputs.environment }}-ecs-cluster
-      ECS_TASK_DEFINITION: ${{ inputs.task_definition }}
-      APP_NAME: ${{ inputs.core_app }}-${{ inputs.environment }}
+    outputs:
+      FILES_CHANGED: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.FILES_CHANGED }}
     steps:
+      - name: Install GitHub CLI
+        run: |
+          (type -p wget >/dev/null || (sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install wget -y)) \
+            && sudo mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings \
+            && wget -qO- https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null \
+            && sudo chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
+            && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null \
+            && sudo apt update \
+            && sudo apt install gh -y
+
+      - name: Authenticate GitHub CLI
+        run: gh auth login --with-token <<< "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
       - name: Checkout Code Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-depth: 2
 
       - name: Get list of changed files
         id: changes
         run: |
           changed_files=$(git diff --name-only HEAD^ HEAD)
-          echo "Changed files: $changed_files"
-          echo "FILES_CHANGED=$changed_files" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          num_changed_files=$(echo "$changed_files" | wc -l)
+          echo "FILES_CHANGED=$num_changed_files" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - name: Stop if no files changed
-        if: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.FILES_CHANGED == '' }}
+  check_pr_open:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
+    needs: [check_files_changed]
+    if: needs.check_files_changed.outputs.FILES_CHANGED != '' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/hosted/')
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
+    outputs:
+      PR_OPEN: ${{ steps.check_pr.outputs.PR_OPEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check for open PR
+        id: check_pr
         run: |
-          echo "No files were changed, skipping build."
-          exit 0
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
-          role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::${{ inputs.account_number }}:role/${{ env.APP_NAME }}-GithubActionsRole
-          role-session-name: GithubActionsSession
+          BRANCH_NAME=$(echo "${GITHUB_REF}" | cut -d'/' -f4)
+          pr_number=$(gh pr list --head "hosted/$BRANCH_NAME" --state open --json number --jq '.[0].number')
+          echo "PR_OPEN=$pr_number" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+  build_and_deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
+    needs: [check_files_changed, check_pr_open]
+    if: |
+      needs.check_files_changed.outputs.FILES_CHANGED != '' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev' ||
+      needs.check_pr_open.outputs.PR_OPEN != '' && needs.check_files_changed.outputs.FILES_CHANGED != '' && 
+      startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/hosted/')
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
+    steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
@@ -79,22 +105,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pipenv
         run: pip install pipenv
 
-      - name: Install GitHub CLI
-        run: |
-          (type -p wget >/dev/null || (sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install wget -y)) \
-            && sudo mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings \
-            && wget -qO- https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null \
-            && sudo chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
-            && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null \
-            && sudo apt update \
-            && sudo apt install gh -y
+      - name: Checkout Code Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Authenticate GitHub CLI
         run: gh auth login --with-token <<< "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
       - name: Build Site
         run: |
-          python build_branches.py      
+          python build_branches.py
+
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          aws-region: ${{ inputs.region }}
+          role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::${{ inputs.account_number }}:role/${{ inputs.core_app }}-${{ inputs.environment }}-GithubActionsRole
+          role-session-name: GithubActionsSession
 
       - name: Login to Amazon ECR
         id: login-ecr
@@ -105,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
           IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.sha }}-${{ github.run_number }}
-          ECR_REPOSITORY: ${{ env.APP_NAME }}-ecr
+          ECR_REPOSITORY: ${{ inputs.core_app }}-${{ inputs.environment }}-ecr
         run: |
           docker build -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG -f Dockerfile.review .
           docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
@@ -115,16 +143,16 @@ jobs:
         id: task-def
         uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-render-task-definition@v1
         with:
-          task-definition: ${{ env.ECS_TASK_DEFINITION }}
-          container-name: ${{ env.APP_NAME }}
+          task-definition: ${{ inputs.task_definition }}
+          container-name: ${{ inputs.core_app }}-${{ inputs.environment }}
           image: ${{ steps.build-image.outputs.image }}
 
       - name: Deploy Amazon ECS task definition
         uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition@v1
         with:
           task-definition: ${{ steps.task-def.outputs.task-definition }}
-          service: ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }}
-          cluster: ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }}
+          service: ${{ inputs.core_app }}-${{ inputs.environment }}-ecs-service
+          cluster: frontend-${{ inputs.environment }}-ecs-cluster
           wait-for-service-stability: true
 
       - name: Cloudflare Cache Purge
@@ -132,4 +160,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cf_zone: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_ZONE }}
           cf_auth: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_AUTH_KEY }}
-          hosts: ${{ env.APP_NAME }}.polygon.technology
\ No newline at end of file
+          hosts: ${{ inputs.core_app }}-${{ inputs.environment }}.polygon.technology
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_deployment.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f8c664c5..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_deployment.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-name: Docs Dev Deployment
-on:
-  #schedule:
-  #  - cron: '0 */12 * * *'    
-  push:
-    branches: ['dev']
-  pull_request:
-    branches: ['dev']
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  deploy_staging:
-    name: Dev Deployment
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-      contents: write
-    environment: dev
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      AWS_REGION: eu-west-1
-      ECR_REPOSITORY: docs-dev-ecr
-      ECS_SERVICE: docs-dev-ecs-service
-      ECS_CLUSTER: frontend-dev-ecs-cluster
-      ECS_TASK_DEFINITION: .github/assets/dev-taskdef.json
-      CONTAINER_NAME: docs-dev
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          #ref: dev
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: true
-
-      - name: Verify branch
-        run: |
-          echo "Current branch: $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
-          echo "GitHub ref: ${{ github.ref }}"
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1-node16
-        with:
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
-          role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::058264511034:role/docs-dev-GithubActionsRole
-          role-session-name: GithubActionsSession
-
-      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
-        id: login-ecr
-        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
-
-      - name: Use Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
-
-      - name: pip Install
-        run: pip install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
-
-      - name: Build mkdocs
-        run: mkdocs build
-
-      - name: Build, tag, and push image to Amazon ECR
-        id: build-image
-        env:
-          ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
-          IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.sha }}-${{ github.run_number }}
-        run: |
-          docker build -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG -f .github/assets/Dockerfile.nginx .
-          docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
-          echo "image=$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Fill in the new image ID in the Amazon ECS task definition
-        id: task-def
-        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-render-task-definition@v1
-        with:
-          task-definition: ${{ env.ECS_TASK_DEFINITION }}
-          container-name: ${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}
-          image: ${{ steps.build-image.outputs.image }}
-
-      - name: Deploy Amazon ECS task definition
-        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition@v1
-        with:
-          task-definition: ${{ steps.task-def.outputs.task-definition }}
-          service: ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }}
-          cluster: ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }}
-          wait-for-service-stability: true
-
-      - name: Cloudflare Cache Purge
-        uses: nathanvaughn/actions-cloudflare-purge@master
-        with:
-          cf_zone: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_ZONE }}
-          cf_auth: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_AUTH_KEY }}
-          hosts: docs-dev.polygon.technology  
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/hosted-dev-deployment.yml
similarity index 57%
rename from .github/workflows/pr-deployment.yml
rename to .github/workflows/hosted-dev-deployment.yml
index 418142f31..849749a59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hosted-dev-deployment.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-name: hosted branch pr deployment
+name: Hosted PR and Dev Deployment
 on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, edited, reopened]
   push:
     branches:
       - dev
+      - hosted/**
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
-    if: startsWith(github.head_ref, 'hosted/') || github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml
-    secrets: inherit
\ No newline at end of file
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/build_branches.py b/build_branches.py
index 0a820819c..8cd8c2008 100755
--- a/build_branches.py
+++ b/build_branches.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 import subprocess
 
 
+HOSTED_SITE_DOMAIN = "docs-dev.polygon.technology"
+
+
 def install_mkdocs_with_pipenv():
     """
     Builds a particular branch site.
@@ -72,15 +75,15 @@ def clone_data_to_branch_folder(branch_name, remote_url, parent_dir, pr_number=N
     os.chdir(parent_dir)
 
 
-def update_pr_description(pr_number):
+def update_pr_description(pr_number:str):
     """
     Updates PR description by adding the url to access the hosted environment under dev
     if it does not already exist in the definition
     :param pr_number: PR number for the branch hosting website
     """
-    command = ["gh", "pr", "view", pr_number, "--json", "body", "--jq", "'.body'"]
+    command = ["gh", "pr", "view", pr_number, "--json", "body", "--jq", ".body"]
     pr_description = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, text=True).stdout.strip()
-    hosted_url = f"docs-dev.polygon.technology/{pr_number}"
+    hosted_url = f"{HOSTED_SITE_DOMAIN}/{pr_number}"
     if hosted_url not in pr_description:
         new_pr_description = f"Hosted url: [{hosted_url}](https://{hosted_url})\n" + pr_description
         command = ["gh", "pr", "edit", pr_number, "--body", new_pr_description]
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ def process_branch_folders():
     clone_data_to_branch_folder("dev", remote_url, parent_dir, "dev")
     pr_numbers = []
     for branch_data in branches_data:
-        if not branch_data["headRefName"].startswith("hosted/"):
+        if not branch_data["headRefName"].startswith("hosted/") or not branch_data.get("number"):
             continue
         pr_number = str(branch_data["number"])
         clone_data_to_branch_folder(branch_data["headRefName"], remote_url, parent_dir, pr_number)
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ def update_nginx_config(pr_numbers):
         }}
         """
         nginx_location_blocks += location_block
+        print(f"Hosted site: https://{HOSTED_SITE_DOMAIN}/{pr_number}")
 
     with open(config_file, "r+") as f:
         content = f.read()