diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build->develop.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build->develop.yml
index bda2abf..688b845 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build->develop.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build->develop.yml
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ jobs:
           CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR: Continuous Integration
         run: |
           git branch -r
-          echo $(git branch -r | grep -Fx origin/${{ env.DEVELOPMENT_BRANCH }} | wc -c)
+          echo $(git branch -r | grep -Fx "  origin/${{ env.DEVELOPMENT_BRANCH }}" | wc -c)
       - name: diff
         env: 
           CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE: converted to yml for review.
           CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR: Continuous Integration
         run: |
-          if [[ $(git branch -r | grep -Fx origin/${{ env.DEVELOPMENT_BRANCH }} | wc -c) -eq 0 ]]; then
+          if [[ $(git branch -r | grep -Fx "  origin/${{ env.DEVELOPMENT_BRANCH }}" | wc -c) -eq 0 ]]; then
             echo no development branch so pushing
-            git push origin -f HEAD:${{ env.DEVELOPMENT_BRANCH }};
+            git push origin HEAD:${{ env.DEVELOPMENT_BRANCH }};
             curl https://dl.gitea.com/tea/0.9.2/tea-0.9.2-linux-386 --output tea;
             chmod +x ./tea;
             ./tea login add -n=this --url=${{ github.server_url}} -t=${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }};