diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 0716ae5..a26a31f 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -24867,10 +24867,10 @@ var groupLabeledPullRequests = async function(octokit) {
   const tempBranch = `temp-ci-${import_github2.context.repo.repo}-${Date.now()}`;
   try {
     var pulls = [];
-    var comment = "### Going to merge pull requests:\n";
     var prLinks = "";
     const label = (0, import_core.getInput)("target-label");
     const q = `is:pull-request label:${label} repo:${import_github2.context.repo.owner}/${import_github2.context.repo.repo} state:open`;
+    console.log("QUERY " + q);
     const { data } = await octokit.search.issuesAndPullRequests({
       q,
       sort: "created",
@@ -24888,10 +24888,12 @@ var groupLabeledPullRequests = async function(octokit) {
 `;
         pulls.push(accPull.data);
       }
+      await mergeBranches(octokit, pulls, tempBranch);
+      await cleanup(octokit, tempBranch);
+      (0, import_core.setOutput)("temp-branch", tempBranch);
+    } else {
+      console.log("No open pull requests found");
     }
-    await mergeBranches(octokit, pulls, tempBranch);
-    await cleanup(octokit, tempBranch);
-    (0, import_core.setOutput)("temp-branch", tempBranch);
   } catch (e) {
     if (e.message === "Merge conflict") {
       console.log("Merge conflict error.");
diff --git a/src/merge.js b/src/merge.js
index b61beed..c0618ec 100644
--- a/src/merge.js
+++ b/src/merge.js
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ export const groupLabeledPullRequests = async function (octokit) {
     try {
         //get input from Github Job declaration
         var pulls = [];
-        var comment = '### Going to merge pull requests:\n';
         var prLinks = '';
         const label = getInput('target-label');
         //Create search query
         const q = `is:pull-request label:${label} repo:${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo} state:open`;
+        console.log("QUERY " + q)
         //Call github API through the octokit client
         const { data } = await octokit.search.issuesAndPullRequests({
             q,
@@ -36,13 +36,17 @@ export const groupLabeledPullRequests = async function (octokit) {
                 prLinks += `- ${item.html_url}\n`;
                 pulls.push(accPull.data);
             }
-        }
+            await mergeBranches(octokit, pulls, tempBranch);
         
-        await mergeBranches(octokit, pulls, tempBranch);
+            //cleanup function (delete temp branch)
+            await cleanup(octokit, tempBranch);
+            setOutput('temp-branch', tempBranch);
+
+        } else {
+            console.log("No open pull requests found")
+        }
         
-        //cleanup function (delete temp branch)
-        await cleanup(octokit, tempBranch);
-        setOutput('temp-branch', tempBranch);
+
     } catch (e) {
         if (e.message === "Merge conflict") {
             console.log("Merge conflict error.")