diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_prod.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_prod.yml
index 55e2802c..e4a55d89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_prod.yml
@@ -41,23 +41,24 @@ jobs:
           aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id $AWS_SECURITY_GROUP_ID --protocol tcp --port 22 --cidr $(curl -s https://api.ipify.org)/32
 
       - name: Deploy to EC2
+        id: run_tests
         run: |
           #!/bin/bash
 
-          # Create the ssh key
-          echo "$AWS_EC2_SSH_KEY" > key.pem  # Save the private key to a file
+          # Save the private key to a file 
+          echo "$AWS_EC2_SSH_KEY" > key.pem
           chmod 400 key.pem  # Set proper permissions
 
           # Fetch EC2 instances from Auto Scaling Group
           INSTANCE_IDS=$(aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-groups --auto-scaling-group-names $AWS_AUTO_SCALING_GROUP_NAME --query "AutoScalingGroups[0].Instances[*].InstanceId" --output json)
-          echo "Fetched instances from Auto Scaling Group: $INSTANCE_IDS"
+          echo "Fetched instances from Auto Scaling Group: $INSTANCE_IDS" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
           # Extract the instance IDs using jq (JSON processor)
           IFS=$'\n' read -d '' -r -a INSTANCES <<< "$(echo "$INSTANCE_IDS" | jq -r '.[]')"
 
           # Iterate over the array
           for INSTANCE_ID in "${INSTANCES[@]}"; do
-            echo "Processing instance: $INSTANCE_ID"
+            echo "Processing instance: $INSTANCE_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
             # Get instance IP
             INSTANCE_IP=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids $INSTANCE_ID --query "Reservations[0].Instances[0].PublicIpAddress" --output json)
@@ -65,9 +66,9 @@ jobs:
             # Remove double quotes from INSTANCE_IP
             INSTANCE_IP="${INSTANCE_IP//\"}"
 
-            echo "Instance IP: $INSTANCE_IP"
+            echo "Instance IP: $INSTANCE_IP" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-            echo "ssh -i key.pem -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null ubuntu@$INSTANCE_IP 'cd /home/ubuntu && ./update_mygeneset pull_src'"
+            echo "ssh -i key.pem -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null ubuntu@$INSTANCE_IP 'cd /home/ubuntu && ./update_mygeneset pull_src'" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             ssh -i key.pem -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null ubuntu@$INSTANCE_IP 'cd /home/ubuntu && ./update_mygeneset pull_src'
           done