diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools.yaml b/.github/workflows/tools.yaml
index 45e20b8..b581e4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools.yaml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         set -x
         # check if the ToolIDValid linter is called (no of tools - 1 ) times, i.e. is skipped once
-        if [ "$(grep -c ToolIDValid ToolIDValid) != "2" ]; then
+        if [ "$(grep -c ToolIDValid lint_report.txt)" != "2" ]; then
           echo "expecting exactly 2 tests for ToolIDValid"; exit 1; 
         fi
         grep tool1 lint_report.txt
diff --git a/planemo_ci_actions.sh b/planemo_ci_actions.sh
index 046d5f8..2b832b3 100755
--- a/planemo_ci_actions.sh
+++ b/planemo_ci_actions.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ if [ "$MODE" == "lint" ]; then
   for DIR in "${REPO_ARRAY[@]}"; do
     if [ "$WORKFLOWS" != "true" ]; then
       cat .lint_skip >> "$DIR"/.tt_skip
+      cat "$DIR"/.tt_skip
       (planemo shed_lint --tools --ensure_metadata --urls --skip_file "$DIR"/.tt_skip --report_level "$REPORT_LEVEL" --fail_level "$FAIL_LEVEL" --recursive "$DIR" "${ADDITIONAL_PLANEMO_OPTIONS[@]}" | tee -a lint_report.txt) || lint_fail=true
     else
       (planemo workflow_lint --report_level "$REPORT_LEVEL" --fail_level "$FAIL_LEVEL" "$DIR" "${ADDITIONAL_PLANEMO_OPTIONS[@]}" | tee -a lint_report.txt) || lint_fail=true