diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/irc/templates/ircbot.py b/roles/fedmsg/irc/templates/ircbot.py
index b17369c13a..14f748a892 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/irc/templates/ircbot.py
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/irc/templates/ircbot.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ config = dict(
             channel='fedora-python',
             filters=dict(
                 topic=[
-                    '^((?!(github)).)*$',
+                    '^((?!(github\.create|github\.issue\.open|github\.pull_request\.open)).)*$',
                 ],
                 body=[
                     '^((?!(portingdb)).)*$',