diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 8fa75446..86f83a12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
       if: contains(fromJSON('["aries-endorser-db"]'), matrix.service)
       run: |
          echo "tags=$(echo '${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}' | grep -oE ':([^[:space:]]+)' |  sed '/label/d' | sed 's/://g' | tr '\n' ' ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-         single_tag=$( cut -d " " -f 1 << "$tags" ) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+         echo "single_tag=$( cut -d " " -f 1 << "$tags" )" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - name: Pull database image
       if: contains(fromJSON('["aries-endorser-db"]'), matrix.service)
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
       id: apply_labels
       if: contains(fromJSON('["aries-endorser-db"]'), matrix.service)
       run: |
-        echo "FROM '${{ steps.build_image.outputs.image }}':'${{ steps.extract.outputs.single_tag }}'" | docker build -t ${{ steps.build_image.outputs.image }}:${{ steps.extract.outputs.single_tag }}  --label ca.bc.gov.digitaltrust.build.source-location=${{ github.repositoryUrl }} --label ca.bc.gov.digitaltrust.build.commit.id=${{ github.sha }} -
+        echo "FROM ${{ steps.build_image.outputs.image }}:${{ steps.extract.outputs.single_tag }}" | docker build -t ${{ steps.build_image.outputs.image }}:${{ steps.extract.outputs.single_tag }}  --label ca.bc.gov.digitaltrust.build.source-location=${{ github.repositoryUrl }} --label ca.bc.gov.digitaltrust.build.commit.id=${{ github.sha }} -
 
 
     - name: Push database image