diff --git a/.github/workflows/hello.yaml b/.github/workflows/hello.yaml
index 4da7327380..83cc81cfd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hello.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hello.yaml
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@ on:
     branches:
       - develop_badgetest
     types: [closed]
-
-#env:
-#  SOME_VAR: bla_bla_bla
-#  ANOTHER_VAR: stuff_stuff
-
+    
 jobs:
+
   print:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
@@ -27,11 +24,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "some_var=$SOME_VAR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "another var: $ANOTHER_VAR"
           echo "another_var=$ANOTHER_VAR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          
-          echo "some var: $SOME_VAR"
-          echo "some_var=$SOME_VAR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "another var: $ANOTHER_VAR"
-          echo "another_var=$ANOTHER_VAR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
   
   passed:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -48,6 +40,3 @@ jobs:
       env:
        input_var: ${{ needs.print.outputs.some_var }}
        another_input_var: ${{ needs.print.outputs.another_var }}
-       input_var_env: ${{ needs.print.env.some_var }}
-       another_input_var_env: ${{ needs.print.env.another_var }}
- 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hera.yaml b/.github/workflows/hera.yaml
index 88fb4af9ee..e968f0ea73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hera.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hera.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     types: [closed]
 
 jobs:
+
   get_labels:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
@@ -18,16 +19,27 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           labels="$(gh api repos/$OWNER/$REPO_NAME/pulls/$PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER --jq '.labels.[].name')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "$labels"
-          echo "test=foo" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "test=foo" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "test=$FOO" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         env:
-          test: foo_bar
+          FOO: foobar
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
           REPO_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
           PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-
-
+           
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+     - get_labels
+    
+    steps:
+    - name: Test
+      run: |
+        echo "labels: $labels"
+        echo "test: $test"
+      env:
+          labels: ${{ needs.get_labels.outputs.labels }}
+          test: ${{ needs.get_labels.outputs.test }}
 
   passed:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -46,20 +58,6 @@ jobs:
         label: Hera
         message: Passed
         color: green
-
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-     - get_labels
-    
-    steps:
-    - name: Test
-      run: |
-        echo "labels: $labels"
-        echo "test: $test"
-      env:
-          labels: ${{ needs.get_labels.outputs.labels }}
-          test: ${{ needs.get_labels.outputs.test }}
         
   pending:
     if: "!contains(steps.pending1.env.labels, 'CI-Hera-Passed') && ${{ github.event.pull_request.merged == true }}"