diff --git a/.github/workflows/store-tagLoc.yml b/.github/workflows/store-tagLoc.yml
index 805a4b6cd9..2c6367deb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/store-tagLoc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/store-tagLoc.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  fetch:
+  store:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch data from API endpoint
         run: curl "https://publiclab.org/api/srch/taglocations?nwlat=52&selat=-52&nwlng=-150&selng=150&limit=1000" > static/tagLocStore.json
 
+      - name: Check if changes exist
+        run: |
+          git status
+          git diff
+
       - name: Commit and push
-        working-directory: ./website
         run: |
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git add .
           git commit -m "updated tagLocations data"
           git push https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/daemon1024/plots2