diff --git a/utils/workflow.go b/utils/workflow.go
index fb754b6..b174734 100644
--- a/utils/workflow.go
+++ b/utils/workflow.go
@@ -85,20 +85,21 @@ func getWorkflowEvent() string {
 }
 
 func setOutputVariables(prevStepId, outputFile string, outputVars []string) step {
-	if len(outputVars) == 0 {
+	skip := len(outputFile) == 0 || len(outputVars) == 0
+	if skip {
 		logrus.Infof("No output variables detected in action.yml; skipping output file generation.")
-		return step{}
 	}
+
 	cmd := ""
 	for _, outputVar := range outputVars {
 		cmd += fmt.Sprintf("%s=${{ steps.%s.outputs.%s }}\n", outputVar, prevStepId, outputVar)
 	}
 
 	cmd = fmt.Sprintf("echo \"%s\" > %s", cmd, outputFile)
-
 	s := step{
 		Name: "output variables",
 		Run:  cmd,
+		If:   fmt.Sprintf("%t", !skip),
 	}
 	return s
 }
diff --git a/utils/workflow_test.go b/utils/workflow_test.go
index 51c6d8e..44e35ab 100644
--- a/utils/workflow_test.go
+++ b/utils/workflow_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ func TestCreateWorkflowFile(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	content, err = os.ReadFile(workflowFile)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.NotContains(t, string(content), "run: echo")
+	assert.Contains(t, string(content), "name: output variables")
+	assert.Contains(t, string(content), "run: echo \"\" >")
+	assert.Contains(t, string(content), "if: \"false\"")
 }
 
 func TestSetOutputVariables(t *testing.T) {
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ func TestSetOutputVariables(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// No output variables
 	step = setOutputVariables(prevStepId, outputFile, []string{})
-	assert.Empty(t, step.Name)
-	assert.Empty(t, step.Run)
+	assert.Equal(t, "output variables", step.Name)
+	assert.Contains(t, step.Run, "echo \"\" > /tmp/output")
+	assert.Contains(t, step.If, "false")
 }