diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 904547a80..e33520733 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # allow time for investigation unless the workflow is cancelled or the smoketest succeeded or was skipped
       - name: Sleep If Failed
-        if: !cancelled() && !contains(fromJSON('["success", "skipped"]'), needs.fablab-smoketest.result)
+        if: !cancelled() && needs.fablab-smoketest.result != 'success' && needs.fablab-smoketest.result != 'skipped'
         run: |
           sleep 30m