diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-merge-main.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-merge-main.yml
index 95e77b13..b2647e4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-merge-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-merge-main.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
-    branches: [main]
+  pull_request: # TODO
+    # types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+    # branches: [main]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         workflow: 'pull-request-code-scan.yml'
         repo: cdcent/data-exchange-hl7-devops
         token: ${{ env.access_token }}
-        inputs: '{ "pathsToScan": "${{ steps.getdirs2scan.outputs.dirs }}", "repositoryToScan": "${{ github.repository }}", "prToScan": "${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}" }'
+        inputs: '{ "pathsToScan": ${{ steps.getdirs2scan.outputs.dirs }}, "repositoryToScan": "${{ github.repository }}", "prToScan": "${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}" }'
         ref: 'main'
         wait-for-completion: true
         wait-for-completion-timeout: 120m
diff --git a/fns-sidecars/fn-sc-branch/delete.me b/fns-sidecars/fn-sc-branch/delete.me
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tools/codeScan/gitDiffAnalysis.py b/tools/codeScan/gitDiffAnalysis.py
index 93751af3..88e0c357 100644
--- a/tools/codeScan/gitDiffAnalysis.py
+++ b/tools/codeScan/gitDiffAnalysis.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ def analyze_paths(changed_files, nested_folders):
         # Skip files ending with '.md'
         if file_path.endswith('.md'):
             continue
+        if file_path.beginswith('.github'):
+            continue
         
         path_parts = file_path.split('/')
         top_level_folder = path_parts[0]
@@ -52,7 +54,8 @@ def main():
         changed_files = fetch_changed_files()
         unique_folders = analyze_paths(changed_files, nested_folders)
         output = [{"path": folder, "app": get_app_version(folder)} for folder in unique_folders]
-        print(json.dumps(output))
+        escaped_output = json.dumps(output)
+        print(json.dumps(escaped_output))
     except Exception as e:
         print(str(e))