diff --git a/web/src/assets/locales/en.json b/web/src/assets/locales/en.json
index 65e8738d0d..f53265d99a 100644
--- a/web/src/assets/locales/en.json
+++ b/web/src/assets/locales/en.json
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
         "name": "Variable name",
         "value": "Variable value"
       },
-      "show_pipelines": "Show pipelines"
+      "show_pipelines": "Show pipelines",
+      "no_manual_workflows": "There were no manually executable workflows, or the filter exclude all of them."
     },
     "deploy_pipeline": {
       "title": "Trigger a deployment for current pipeline #{pipelineId}",
diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/index.ts b/web/src/lib/api/index.ts
index 55455b3943..aebd05120f 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/api/index.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/api/index.ts
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ export default class WoodpeckerClient extends ApiClient {
     return this._post(`/api/repos/${repoId}/repair`);
   }
 
-  async createPipeline(repoId: number, options: PipelineOptions): Promise<Pipeline> {
-    return this._post(`/api/repos/${repoId}/pipelines`, options) as Promise<Pipeline>;
+  async createPipeline(repoId: number, options: PipelineOptions): Promise<Pipeline | string> {
+    return this._post(`/api/repos/${repoId}/pipelines`, options) as Promise<Pipeline | string>;
   }
 
   // Deploy triggers a deployment for an existing pipeline using the
diff --git a/web/src/views/repo/RepoManualPipeline.vue b/web/src/views/repo/RepoManualPipeline.vue
index d698a0b4d9..5330f20266 100644
--- a/web/src/views/repo/RepoManualPipeline.vue
+++ b/web/src/views/repo/RepoManualPipeline.vue
@@ -95,12 +95,22 @@ async function triggerManualPipeline() {
 
   emit('close');
 
-  await router.push({
-    name: 'repo-pipeline',
-    params: {
-      pipelineId: pipeline.number,
-    },
-  });
+  if (typeof pipeline == 'string') {
+    // if this is a string (http 204) there is no workflow to run with the 'manual' event
+
+    await router.push({
+      name: 'repo',
+    });
+
+    notifications.notify({ type: 'warn', title: i18n.t('repo.manual_pipeline.no_manual_workflows') });
+  } else {
+    await router.push({
+      name: 'repo-pipeline',
+      params: {
+        pipelineId: pipeline.number,
+      },
+    });
+  }
 
   loading.value = false;
 }