diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-path-detection.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-path-detection.yml
index ec856355..b20f75ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-path-detection.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-path-detection.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ jobs:
           fail="FALSE"
           merged_commit=$(git log -1 --format='%H')
           changed_files="$(git diff --name-status --diff-filter=ARM ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} ${merged_commit} | awk '/\.md$/ {print $NF}')"
-           if  [ -n "changed_files" ]; then
+           if  [ -n "$changed_files" ]; then
             for changed_file in $changed_files; do
-              url_lines=$(grep -H -Eo '\]\(http[s]?://[^)]+\)' "$changed_file" | grep -Ev 'GenAIEval/blob/main')
+              url_lines=$(grep -H -Eo '\]\(http[s]?://[^)]+\)' "$changed_file" | grep -Ev 'GenAIEval/blob/main') || true
               if [ -n "$url_lines" ]; then
                 for url_line in $url_lines; do
                   url=$(echo "$url_line"|cut -d '(' -f2 | cut -d ')' -f1|sed 's/\.git$//')