diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 20ab714..26c46d1 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,17 +74,12 @@ jobs:
 
                 echo "  Checking repo: $repo" >&2
 
-                curl_output=$(curl --fail --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -s -w "%{http_code}" -o readme_content.json \
+                curl -sSL -w "%{http_code}" -o readme_content.json \
                   -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}" \
-                  "$GITEA_API/repos/$owner/$repo/contents/README.md?_ts=$(date +%s)")
+                  "$GITEA_API/repos/$owner/$repo/contents/README.md?_ts=$(date +%s)" > http_code.txt
 
-                curl_exit=$?
-                http_code="$curl_output"
-
-                if [ $curl_exit -ne 0 ]; then
-                  echo "Failed to fetch README for $owner/$repo (HTTP $http_code)" >&2
-                  continue
-                fi
+                http_code=$(cat http_code.txt)
+                rm -f http_code.txt
 
                 if [ "$http_code" != "200" ]; then
                   echo "README not found for $owner/$repo (HTTP $http_code)" >&2
@@ -95,11 +90,12 @@ jobs:
                 rm -f readme_content.json
 
                 if echo "$readme_content" | grep -qE "^---$" && \
-                  echo "$readme_content" | grep -qE "^gitea: none" && \
-                  echo "$readme_content" | grep -qE "^include_toc: true" && \
-                  echo "$readme_content" | grep -qE "^# Skins"; then
+                   echo "$readme_content" | grep -qE "^gitea: none" && \
+                   echo "$readme_content" | grep -qE "^include_toc: true" && \
+                   echo "$readme_content" | grep -qE "^# Skins"; then
 
                   osu_id=$(echo "$readme_content" | awk '/osuid:[ ]*[0-9]+/ { match($0, /[0-9]+/); print substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH); exit }')
+
                   if [ -n "$osu_id" ]; then
                     user_data=$(curl --fail --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 -s \
                       "https://osu.ppy.sh/api/get_user?k=${{ secrets.OSUAPIV1 }}&u=$osu_id&type=id&_ts=$(date +%s)")
@@ -125,6 +121,7 @@ jobs:
                   else
                     echo "osu! ID not found in README for $owner/$repo" >&2
                   fi
+
                 else
                   echo "README for $owner/$repo does not match required format" >&2
                 fi