diff --git a/.github/workflows/committee_creation.yml b/.github/workflows/committee_creation.yml
index 317da00a67d4fe34c5369d91150bece62db7b5dc..cb3b56b68ac3eff2d01b675ef34f563bebb08ab5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/committee_creation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/committee_creation.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with: 
-          ref: committee/${{ github.ref#refs/heads/committee/ }}
+          ref: committee/${${{ github.ref }}#refs/heads/committee/}
 
       - name: Generate Committee File
         run: |