diff --git a/actions/update-artifacts-file/action.yaml b/actions/update-artifacts-file/action.yaml
index 9936d85..a90b7a8 100644
--- a/actions/update-artifacts-file/action.yaml
+++ b/actions/update-artifacts-file/action.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ runs:
         ARTIFACT_TAG: ${{ inputs.artifact_tag }}
         TYPE: ${{ inputs.type }}
         REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
-        TARGET_DIR: $TARGET_PATH
+        TARGET_PATH: $TARGET_PATH
 
     - name: Commit and push changes
       run: ${{ github.action_path }}/commit_changes.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ runs:
         TYPE: ${{ inputs.type }}
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.github_token }}
         TARGET_REPO: ${{ inputs.target_repo }}
-        TARGET_DIR: $TARGET_PATH
+        TARGET_PATH: $TARGET_PATH
         TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target_branch }}
 
     - name: Clean up target repo folder
diff --git a/actions/update-artifacts-file/commit_changes.sh b/actions/update-artifacts-file/commit_changes.sh
index 8316862..4cba889 100755
--- a/actions/update-artifacts-file/commit_changes.sh
+++ b/actions/update-artifacts-file/commit_changes.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-cd "$TARGET_DIR"
+cd "$TARGET_PATH"
 
 git config user.name "mapcolonies[bot]"
 git config user.email "devops[bot]@mapcolonies.com"
 
-git checkout "$TARGET_BRANCH"
-
 git add "$DOMAIN/artifacts.json"
 git commit -m "chore: update artifacts.json for $DOMAIN" -m "with $TYPE artifact: $ARTIFACT_NAME:$ARTIFACT_TAG" || echo "Nothing to commit"
 
diff --git a/actions/update-artifacts-file/modify_artifacts.sh b/actions/update-artifacts-file/modify_artifacts.sh
index 30919ca..a40ed93 100755
--- a/actions/update-artifacts-file/modify_artifacts.sh
+++ b/actions/update-artifacts-file/modify_artifacts.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-ARTIFACTS_PATH="$TARGET_DIR/$DOMAIN/artifacts.json"
+ARTIFACTS_PATH="$TARGET_PATH/$DOMAIN/artifacts.json"
 
 # Make sure the directory exists
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$ARTIFACTS_PATH")"