diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0102ab94e9..20ca9be6b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ jobs:
               if (pull) {
                 result["pr"] = pull.number;
                 result["action"] = "paperclip";
-                core.info(`This is a push action but to a branch with an open PR with the build paperclip label (${JSON.stringify(result)})`);
+                core.notice(`This is a push action but to a branch with an open PR with the build paperclip label (${JSON.stringify(result)})`);
                 return result;
               }
             } else if (event_name === "pull_request" && event.pull_request.labels.find((l) => l.name === "build-pr-jar")) {
               result["pr"] = event.pull_request.number;
               result["action"] = "paperclip";
-              core.info(`This is a pull request action with a build paperclip label (${JSON.stringify(result)})`);
+              core.notice(`This is a pull request action with a build paperclip label (${JSON.stringify(result)})`);
               return result;
             }
-            core.info("This will not build a paperclip jar");
+            core.notice("This will not build a paperclip jar");
             return result;
 
       - name: Apply Patches
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ jobs:
           ./gradlew applyPatches --stacktrace
 
       - name: Build
-        if: fromJSON(steps.determine.outputs.result).action == 'build'
         run: ./gradlew build --stacktrace
 
       - name: Create Paperclip Jar
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_comment.yml
index fd73250ab3..2e3c6d5a55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_comment.yml
@@ -26,16 +26,12 @@ jobs:
             async function updatePR(owner, repo, issue_number, purpose, body) {
               const { data } = await github.rest.issues.get({ owner, repo, issue_number });
               core.debug(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
-            
+
               const marker = `<!-- bot: ${purpose} -->`;
-            
-              let new_body = data.body ? data.body.trim().split(marker)[0] : "";
-              if (!new_body.trim()) {
-                new_body += `${marker}\n${body}`
-              } else {
-                new_body += `${marker}\n---\n${body}`
-              }
-            
+
+              let new_body = data.body ? data.body.trim().split(marker)[0].trim() : "";
+              new_body += `\n${marker}\n---\n${body}`;
+
               core.info(`Updating the text body of PR #${issue_number} in ${owner}/${repo}`);
               await github.rest.issues.update({ owner, repo, issue_number, body: new_body });
             }
@@ -43,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
             const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
             const run_id = ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }};
             const repo_id = ${{ github.event.repository.id }};
-            
+
             let pulls = [];
             const event_type = "${{ github.event.workflow_run.event}}";
             if (event_type === "push") { // if push, it's from the same repo which means `pull_requests` is populated
@@ -73,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
             if (!artifact) {
               return core.info("Skipping comment to no matching artifact found");
             }
-            
+
             const link = `https://nightly.link/${owner}/${repo}/actions/artifacts/${artifact.id}.zip`;
             const body = `Download the paperclip jar for this pull request: [${artifact.name}.zip](${link})`;
             core.info(`Adding a link to ${link}`);