diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/build-images.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/build-images.yaml
index b82998c..40297fb 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/build-images.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/build-images.yaml
@@ -39,20 +39,18 @@ jobs:
 
         echo "Parsing channels from $metadata_file..."
 
-        cat "$metadata_file" | yq '.channels | length'
-
         # First, get the total channel count:
         channel_count=$(cat "$metadata_file" | yq '.channels | length')
 
         # We'll build the array in bash:
         result="["
         for i in $(seq 0 $((channel_count - 1))); do
-          channel_name=$(yq e ".channels[$i].name" "$metadata_file")
+          channel_name=$(cat "$metadata_file" | yq ".channels[$i].name" )
           # Number of platforms in this channel:
-          platform_count=$(yq e ".channels[$i].platforms | length" "$metadata_file")
+          platform_count=$(cat "$metadata_file" | yq e ".channels[$i].platforms | length")
 
           for j in $(seq 0 $((platform_count - 1))); do
-            platform=$(yq e ".channels[$i].platforms[$j]" "$metadata_file")
+            platform=$(cat "$metadata_file" | yq ".channels[$i].platforms[$j]")
 
             # Append JSON object
             result="${result}{\"channel\":\"${channel_name}\",\"platform\":\"${platform}\"},"