diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 9316682a..c88f7896 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
 
         # Use the yaml-env-action action.
       - name: Load environment from YAML
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           git push --set-upstream origin $branch_name
         shell: bash
 
+
     outputs:
       toggle_spell_check: "${{ env.SPELL_CHECK }}"
       toggle_style_code: "${{ env.STYLE_CODE }}"
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       check_type: spelling
       error_min: 3
       gh_pat: secrets.GH_PAT
+      branch_name: ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}
 
   url-check:
     name: Check URLs
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       check_type: urls
       error_min: 0
       gh_pat: secrets.GH_PAT
+      branch_name: ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}
 
   quiz-check:
     name: Check quiz formatting
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ jobs:
       check_type: quiz_format
       error_min: 0
       gh_pat: secrets.GH_PAT
+      branch_name: ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}
 
 ############################# Style the code ###################################
   style-code: