diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index b536702..59918a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ jobs:
   format:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      - name: 🚀 Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Bazel
+      - name: 🌿 Setup Bazel
         uses: bazel-contrib/setup-bazel@0.8.0
         with:
           bazelisk-cache: true
@@ -24,15 +24,16 @@ jobs:
             build --color=yes
             build --show_timestamps
       - run: touch /tmp/pre_fmt
-      - name: Format Repository
+      - name: 🧹 Format Repository
         run: bazel run //:format
-      - name: Detect Diff
+      - name: 👀 Detect Diff
         run: |
           set +x
-          formatted_files=$(find ./config ./src ./tools -newer /tmp/pre_fmt | wc -l)
+          formatted_files=$(find ./config ./src ./tools -newer /tmp/pre_fmt)
+          num_formatted_files=$(echo $formatted_files | wc -l)
 
-          if [ "$formatted_files" -gt 0 ]; then
-            echo "Bad code detected! The following files would be reformatted:"
+          if [ "$num_formatted_files" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "❌🔥 Bad code detected! The following files would be reformatted:"
             echo "$formatted_files"
             exit 1
           fi