diff --git a/src/persistence/persistence.ts b/src/persistence/persistence.ts
index 6f93a77c..ecbee079 100644
--- a/src/persistence/persistence.ts
+++ b/src/persistence/persistence.ts
@@ -35,31 +35,30 @@ export async function createFile(contentBinary): Promise<any> {
   })
 }
 
-export async function updateFile(
-  sha: string,
-  claFileContent,
-  reactedCommitters: ReactedCommitterMap
-): Promise<any> {
-  const octokitInstance: InstanceType<typeof GitHub> =
-    isRemoteRepoOrOrgConfigured() ? getPATOctokit() : getDefaultOctokitClient()
+export async function updateFile(sha: string, claFileContent, reactedCommitters: ReactedCommitterMap): Promise<any> {
 
-  const pullRequestNo = context.issue.number
-  claFileContent?.signedContributors.push(...reactedCommitters.newSigned)
-  let contentString = JSON.stringify(claFileContent, null, 2)
-  let contentBinary = Buffer.from(contentString).toString('base64')
-  await octokitInstance.repos.createOrUpdateFileContents({
-    owner: input.getRemoteOrgName() || context.repo.owner,
-    repo: input.getRemoteRepoName() || context.repo.repo,
-    path: input.getPathToSignatures(),
-    sha,
-    message: input.getSignedCommitMessage()
-      ? input
-          .getSignedCommitMessage()
-          .replace('$contributorName', context.actor)
-      : `@${context.actor} has signed the CLA from Pull Request #${pullRequestNo}`,
-    content: contentBinary,
-    branch: input.getBranch()
-  })
+    const octokitInstance: InstanceType<typeof GitHub> =
+    isRemoteRepoOrOrgConfigured() ? getPATOctokit() : getDefaultOctokitClient()
+    const pullRequestNo = context.issue.number
+    claFileContent?.signedContributors.push(...reactedCommitters.newSigned)
+    let contentString = JSON.stringify(claFileContent, null, 2)
+    let contentBinary = Buffer.from(contentString).toString("base64")
+    await octokitInstance.repos.createOrUpdateFileContents({
+        owner: input.getRemoteOrgName() || context.repo.owner,
+        repo: input.getRemoteRepoName() || context.repo.repo,
+        path: input.getPathToSignatures(),
+        sha,
+        message: input.getSignedCommitMessage()
+          ? input
+              .getSignedCommitMessage()
+              .replace("$contributorName", context.actor)
+              .replace("$pullRequestNo", context.issue.number.toString())
+              .replace("$owner", context.issue.owner)
+              .replace("$repo", context.issue.repo)
+          : `@${context.actor} has signed the CLA from Pull Request #${pullRequestNo}`,
+        content: contentBinary,
+        branch: input.getBranch()
+    })
 }
 
 function isRemoteRepoOrOrgConfigured(): boolean {