diff --git a/.github/workflows/definitions.yml b/.github/workflows/definitions.yml
index 4036c69e..0652984f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/definitions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/definitions.yml
@@ -22,14 +22,10 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: ${{ vars.GHA_BOT_NAME }}
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: ${{ vars.GHA_BOT_EMAIL }}
 
-      - id: log
-        run: |
-          # TODO fix this whole PR body mess
-          msg=$(git log --format='- %s' --reverse ${{github.sha}}..)
-          echo "message=${msg//$'\n'/'%0A'}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - run: git log --format='- %s' --reverse ${{github.sha}}.. >> ${{ runner.temp }}/pr-body
       - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e # v7.0.8
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
           branch: latest-scraped-definitions
           title: "Scraped latest definitions"
-          body: ${{ steps.log.outputs.message }}
+          body-path: ${{ runner.temp }}/pr-body