diff --git a/.github/workflows/lighthouseci.yml b/.github/workflows/lighthouseci.yml
index 517e40aac5a2..280fe46d8c3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lighthouseci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lighthouseci.yml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: 19
       - run: npm install && npm install -g @lhci/cli@0.11.x
-      - run: npm run build
+      - run: CI=false npm run build
       - run: lhci autorun
diff --git a/.lighthouserc.js b/.lighthouserc.js
index 8c29afbbe69b..06bc8b98b5c9 100644
--- a/.lighthouserc.js
+++ b/.lighthouserc.js
@@ -2,31 +2,34 @@ module.exports = {
     "ci": {
       "collect": {
         "staticDistDir": "./public",
-        "url" : ["http://localhost/404.html",
-                 "http://localhost/index.html",
-                 "http://localhost/404/index.html",
-                 "http://localhost/company/about.html" ,
-                 "http://localhost/cloud-native-management/meshery.html",
-                 "http://localhost/cloud-native-management/meshmap.html",
-                 "http://localhost/learn/learning-paths.html",
-                 "http://localhost/learn/service-mesh-books.html",
-                 "http://localhost/learn/service-mesh-workshops.html",
-                 "http://localhost/learn.html",
-                 "http://localhost/blog.html",
-                 "http://localhost/resources.html",
-                 "http://localhost/careers.html",
-                 "http://localhost/community/members.html",
-                 "http://localhost/community/meshmates.html",
-                 "http://localhost/community/events.html",
-                 "http://localhost/community/newcomers.html",],
+        "url" : [
+          "http://localhost/404.html",
+          "http://localhost/404/index.html",
+          "http://localhost",
+          "http://localhost/company/about/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/cloud-native-management/meshery/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/cloud-native-management/meshmap/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/learn/learning-paths/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/learn/service-mesh-books/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/learn/service-mesh-workshops/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/learn/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/blog/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/resources/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/careers/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/community/members/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/community/meshmates/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/community/events/index.html",
+          "http://localhost/community/newcomers/index.html",
+        ],
       },
       "assert": {
-        "preset": "lighthouse:no-pwa",
         "assertions": {
-          "csp-xss": "off",
-          "aria-hidden-focus": "off"
-        }
-      },
+          "categories:performance": ["warn", {"minScore": .90}],
+          "categories:accessibility": ["warn", {"minScore": .90}],
+          "categories:best-practices": ["warn", {"minScore": .90}],
+          "categories:seo": ["warn", {"minScore": .90}],
+          }
+        },
       "upload": {
         "target": "temporary-public-storage",
       },
diff --git a/gatsby-node.js b/gatsby-node.js
index aeade5cbd294..f2e871fa9208 100644
--- a/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/gatsby-node.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const { paginate } = require("gatsby-awesome-pagination");
 const { createFilePath } = require("gatsby-source-filesystem");
 const config = require("./gatsby-config");
 
-if (process.env.CI) {
+if (process.env.CI === "true") {
   // All process.env.CI conditionals in this file are in place for GitHub Pages, if webhost changes in the future, code may need to be modified or removed.
   //Replacing '/' would result in empty string which is invalid
   const replacePath = (url) => (url === "/" || url.includes("/404")) ? url : `${url}.html`;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ exports.createPages = async ({ actions, graphql, reporter }) => {
   const { createPage } = actions;
 
   const envCreatePage = (props) => {
-    if (process.env.CI){
+    if (process.env.CI === "true"){
       const { path, ...rest } = props;
 
       createRedirect({ fromPath: `/${path}/`, toPath: `/${path}`, redirectInBrowser: true, isPermanent: true });