diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yml b/.github/workflows/links.yml
index 1f078fe..374af07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Link Checker
+        id: lychee
         uses: ./ # Uses an action in the root directory
         with:
           args: --user-agent "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/59.0" --verbose --exclude spinroot.com --no-progress './**/*.md' './**/*.html' './**/*.rst'
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
 
       - name: Create Issue From File
-        if: env.exit_code != 0
+        if: ${{ steps.lychee.outputs.exit_code }} != 0
         uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v5
         with:
           title: Link Checker Report
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e36e604..211ef26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2
 
       - name: Create Issue From File
-        if: env.exit_code != 0
+        if: ${{ steps.lychee.outputs.exit_code }} != 0
         uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v5
         with:
           title: Link Checker Report