diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 396e9b0..69928f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set +x
           formatted_files=$(find ./config ./src ./tools -newer /tmp/pre_fmt)
-          num_formatted_files=$(find ./config ./src ./tools -newer /tmp/pre_fmt | wc -l)
-          echo $num_formatted_files
+          num_formatted_files=$(echo "$formatted_files" | wc -l)
+
           if [ "$num_formatted_files" -gt "0" ]; then
             echo "❌🔥 Bad code detected! The following files would be reformatted:"
             echo "$formatted_files"