diff --git a/.github/workflows/validation.yml b/.github/workflows/validation.yml
index 95b01a8..7f08313 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validation.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
           env:
             GH_PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
             GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-            GH_COMMIT_SHA: "none"
 
         - name: Run Validation - Synchronize
           if: ( github.event.action == 'synchronize' )
diff --git a/code/validation.R b/code/validation.R
index 27d27ee..f0e6a1e 100644
--- a/code/validation.R
+++ b/code/validation.R
@@ -3,16 +3,15 @@ library(gh)
 library(dplyr)
 
 # Check if validation need to run
-print(length(Sys.getenv("GH_COMMIT_SHA")))
+print(nchar(Sys.getenv("GH_COMMIT_SHA")))
 
-if (length(Sys.getenv("GH_COMMIT_SHA")) > 1) {
+if (nchar(Sys.getenv("GH_COMMIT_SHA")) > 1) {
   test <- gh::gh(paste0("GET /repos/",
                         "midas-network/example_round-scenariohub/commits/",
                         Sys.getenv("GH_COMMIT_SHA")))
   check <- grepl("data-processed/", unique(unlist(purrr::map(test$files,
                                                              "filename"))))
 } else {
-  print(Sys.getenv("GH_COMMIT_SHA"))
   check <-  TRUE
 }