diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-git-apply.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-git-apply.yaml
index 550d3f4d..17762976 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-git-apply.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-git-apply.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
 
           BRANCH=$(curl https://github.com/uazo/bromite/branch_commits/$RTAG | ./pup -p li.branch:last-child a text{})
           if [ -z "${BRANCH}" ]; then
-            BRANCH=$(cat a | ./pup -p li.branch:first-child a text{})
+            BRANCH=$(curl https://github.com/uazo/bromite/branch_commits/$RTAG a | ./pup -p li.branch:first-child a text{})
           fi
           if [ -z "${BRANCH}" ]; then
             echo "Impossible to recover the base commit"