diff --git a/.github/workflows/committee_creation.yml b/.github/workflows/committee_creation.yml
index 3a207543ce42ba2884e81505ac09b06c1376e8ba..335a5928f0eb3a3fa5bae292b785346203205eba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/committee_creation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/committee_creation.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ jobs:
         id: branch_name
         run: |
           branch_name=${{ github.ref }}
-          echo "branch_name=${branch_name#refs/heads/committee/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "branch=${branch_name#refs/heads/committee/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with: 
-          ref: committee/${{ steps.branch_name.branch_name }}
+          ref: committee/${{ steps.branch_name.branch }}
 
       - name: Generate Committee File
         run: |