diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5de77061..590b6f69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -57,10 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           cat gitignore/Node.gitignore gitignore/Global/*.gitignore > all.gitignore
           
           IGNORED_FILES_UNPROCESSED=$(git ls-files --cached --ignored --exclude-from=all.gitignore)
-          echo "IGNORED_FILES before grep: $IGNORED_FILES_UNPROCESSED"
-          
-          IGNORED_FILES=$(grep -F "patches/@codspeed+core+3.1.0.patch" <<< "$IGNORED_FILES_UNPROCESSED")
-          echo "IGNORED_FILES after grep: $IGNORED_FILES"
+          IGNORED_FILES=$(grep -F "patches/@codspeed+core+3.1.0.patch" <<< "$IGNORED_FILES_UNPROCESSED" || true)
         
           echo "IGNORED_FILES: $IGNORED_FILES"
           if  [[ "$IGNORED_FILES" != "" ]]; then