diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_author.sh b/.github/workflows/check_author.sh
index 70fbff79..0b03a20f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_author.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_author.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
 
 # Fetch the PR author's email
 PR_AUTHOR_EMAIL=$(jq -r ".pull_request.user.email" "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
@@ -12,5 +14,5 @@ else
   PAYLOAD=$(jq -n --arg body "$COMMENT" '{body: $body}')
   COMMENTS_URL=$(jq -r .pull_request.comments_url "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
 
-  curl -s -S -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "$PAYLOAD" "$COMMENTS_URL"
+  curl -s -S -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "$PAYLOAD" "$COMMENTS_URL"
 fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-author-check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-author-check.yml
index 60aa5d01..d616d2b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-author-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-author-check.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          sh .github/workflows/check_author.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+          sh -x .github/workflows/check_author.sh
\ No newline at end of file