diff --git a/.github/scripts/watch.sh b/.github/scripts/watch.sh
index e9415fa40..d3556d081 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/watch.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/watch.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 # Set the path to the snippets folder
 WATCHER_PATH=$1
+ERROR_FOUND=0
 
 output() {
   echo "$1"
 }
 
 file_contains(){
-    local ERROR_FOUND=0
     # Get the content of the URL
     FILE_CONTENT=$(curl -sl $WATCHER_URL)