diff --git a/pr_agent/servers/github_app.py b/pr_agent/servers/github_app.py
index 80a673d7..9c0a5cee 100644
--- a/pr_agent/servers/github_app.py
+++ b/pr_agent/servers/github_app.py
@@ -118,15 +118,9 @@ async def handle_new_pr_opened(body: Dict[str, Any],
                                event: str,
                                sender: str,
                                sender_id: str,
-                               sender_type: str,
                                action: str,
                                log_context: Dict[str, Any],
                                agent: PRAgent):
-    # logic to ignore PRs opened by bot
-    if get_settings().get("GITHUB_APP.IGNORE_BOT_PR", False) and sender_type == "Bot":
-        get_logger().info(f"Ignoring PR from '{sender=}' due to github_app.ignore_bot_pr setting")
-        return {}
-
     title = body.get("pull_request", {}).get("title", "")
 
     # logic to ignore PRs with specific titles (e.g. "[Auto] ...")
@@ -261,6 +255,11 @@ async def handle_request(body: Dict[str, Any], event: str):
     agent = PRAgent()
     log_context, sender, sender_id, sender_type = get_log_context(body, event, action, build_number)
 
+    # logic to ignore PRs opened by bot
+    if get_settings().get("GITHUB_APP.IGNORE_BOT_PR", False) and sender_type == "Bot":
+        get_logger().info(f"Ignoring PR from '{sender=}' due to github_app.ignore_bot_pr setting")
+        return {}
+
     # handle comments on PRs
     if action == 'created':
         get_logger().debug(f'Request body', artifact=body, event=event)
@@ -268,7 +267,7 @@ async def handle_request(body: Dict[str, Any], event: str):
     # handle new PRs
     elif event == 'pull_request' and action != 'synchronize' and action != 'closed':
         get_logger().debug(f'Request body', artifact=body, event=event)
-        await handle_new_pr_opened(body, event, sender, sender_id, sender_type, action, log_context, agent)
+        await handle_new_pr_opened(body, event, sender, sender_id, action, log_context, agent)
     # handle pull_request event with synchronize action - "push trigger" for new commits
     elif event == 'pull_request' and action == 'synchronize':
         get_logger().debug(f'Request body', artifact=body, event=event)