diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml b/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
index c9f56ac..aa8654f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on: [push]
 
 defaults:
   run:
-    shell: bash -le -o pipefail {0}
+    shell: bash -el {0}
 
 jobs:
   build-oci-image:
@@ -191,5 +191,15 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: grep for patterns
+        # negate git grep ret code because 1 means no findings
         run: |
-          git grep -E 'todo!|dbg!' -- '*.rs' && exit 1 || exit 0
+          git --no-pager grep -E 'todo!|dbg!' -- '*.rs' && echo "exit 1" || echo "exit 0"
+          # git grep -E 'todo!|dbg!' -- '*.rs' && exit 1 || exit 0
+          # if ! git --no-pager grep -E 'todo!|dbg!' -- '*.rs'; then
+          #   echo "EXIT 0 WE GOT HERE PIPELINE"
+          #   exit 0
+          # else
+          #   echo "EXIT 1 WE GOT HERE PIPELINE"
+          #   exit 1
+          # fi
+