diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 83d08da2d99..d04c3112e1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -53,17 +53,19 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 11
 
       - name: Generate Text Reading app and its Dockerfile
-        working-directory: ./skema/text_reading/scala
         env:
           APP_VERSION: steps.generate.outputs.tag
         run: |
+          cd skema/text_reading/scala
           sbt "webapp/docker:stage"
+          git status
 
       - name: Push to main
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions
           git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-          git add .
+          git status
+          git add --all
           git commit -m "generated text-reading"
           git push