diff --git a/.github/workflows/error-db.yml b/.github/workflows/error-db.yml
index 57c5ca057..e885af4a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/error-db.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/error-db.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event.discussion.category.name == 'Errors'
     steps:
       - name: Query Discussion Data
+        if: github.event_name == 'discussion_comment' || github.event_name == 'discussion' && github.event.action != 'deleted'
         id: query-data
         uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
@@ -47,8 +48,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Merge Error Code Data
         run: |
           jq -c '.' ${{ steps.get-gist.outputs.file }} > original.json
-          echo $DISCUSSION | jq -c '.repository.discussion | .comments = .comments.totalCount | {(.id|tostring) : .}' > new.json
-          jq -s '.[0] * .[1]' original.json new.json > merged.json
+          if [ ! -z "$DISCUSSION" ]
+          then
+            echo $DISCUSSION | jq -c '.repository.discussion | .comments = .comments.totalCount | {(.id|tostring) : .}' > new.json
+            jq -s '.[0] * .[1]' original.json new.json > merged.json
+          else
+            cat original.json | jq 'del(.[] | select(.url=="https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator/discussions/${{ github.event.discussion.number }}"))' > merged.json
+          fi
         env:
           DISCUSSION: ${{ steps.query-data.outputs.result }}
       - name: Patch Gist