diff --git a/.github/workflows/dailies.yaml b/.github/workflows/dailies.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25c77980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dailies.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Daily Workflows
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 14 * * *"  # Daily at 10am EST
+
+jobs:
+    update-testing-data:
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/update-testing-data.yml
+
+    run-tests:
+        needs: update-testing-data
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+
+    notify:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        needs: [update-testing-data, run-tests]
+        if: ${{ always() && contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+        steps:
+        - uses: dawidd6/action-send-mail@v3
+          with:
+            server_address: smtp.gmail.com
+            server_port: 465  # TSL
+            username: ${{ secrets.MAIL_USERNAME }}
+            password: ${{ secrets.MAIL_PASSWORD }}
+            subject: ROIExtractors Daily Failure
+            to: ${{ secrets.DAILY_FAILURE_EMAIL_LIST }}  # add more with commas, no separation
+            from: NWB Inspector
+            body: "The daily workflow for ROIExtractors failed: please check status at https://github.com/catalystneuro/roiextractors/actions/workflows/dailies.yml"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index ac903b3f..c4774412 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -2,23 +2,12 @@ name: Full Tests
 on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: [update-testing-data]
-    types: [completed]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  on-failure:
-    name: Notify on failure
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' }}
-    steps:
-      - run: |
-          echo 'The triggering workflow failed.'
-          0
   assess-file-changes:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/assess-file-changes.yml
 
@@ -35,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "CHANGELOG.md has not been updated."
           0
 
-  on-success:
+  run:
     name: Full tests on ${{ matrix.os }} with Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-testing-data.yml b/.github/workflows/update-testing-data.yml
index a7f59dfd..0b73f906 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-testing-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-testing-data.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 name: update-testing-data
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 0 * * *"  # daily
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs: