diff --git a/.github/workflows/fair-software.yml b/.github/workflows/fair-software.yml
index d1fa0a4c2..c0a23502e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fair-software.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fair-software.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ jobs:
     name: "fair-software"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: fair-software/howfairis-github-action@0.2.1
-        name: Measure compliance with fair-software.eu recommendations
-        env:
-          PYCHARM_HOSTED: "Trick colorama into displaying colored output" 
-        with:
-          MY_REPO_URL: "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}"
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: ftr/478-add-more-badges
+    - uses: fair-software/howfairis-github-action@0.2.1
+      name: Measure compliance with fair-software.eu recommendations
+      env:
+        PYCHARM_HOSTED: "Trick colorama into displaying colored output" 
+      with:
+        MY_REPO_URL: "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}"
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