diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
index c948d94f..99d867bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://json.schemastore.org/github-workflow.json
+  # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://json.schemastore.org/github-workflow.json 
 name: "Build and Test"
 on:
   - pull_request
@@ -73,10 +73,13 @@ jobs:
           name: images
           path: /tmp
       - name: Load images into kind cluster
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           kind load image-archive /tmp/k8s-sidecar.tar --name sidecar-testing
           kind load image-archive /tmp/dummy-server.tar --name sidecar-testing
       - name: Install Sidecar and Dummy Server
+        id: install_sidecar
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           wait_for_pod_ready() {
             while [[ $(kubectl get pods $1 -o 'jsonpath={..status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].status}') != "True" ]]; do echo "waiting for pod '$1' to become ready..." && sleep 5; done
@@ -98,6 +101,8 @@ jobs:
           wait_for_pod_ready "dummy-server-pod"
 
       - name: Install Configmaps and Secrets
+        id: install_configmaps_and_secrets
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           wait_for_pod_log() {
             while [[ $(kubectl logs $1 | grep $2) == "" ]]; do echo "waiting 5 more seconds for '$2' to appear in logs of pod '$1'..." && sleep 5; done
@@ -117,6 +122,7 @@ jobs:
           # 10 more seconds after the last thing appeared in the logs.
           sleep 10
       - name: Retrieve pod logs
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           mkdir /tmp/logs
           kubectl logs sidecar > /tmp/logs/sidecar.log