diff --git a/.github/workflows/lock-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/lock-prs.yml
index bcfd067..72a90cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lock-prs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lock-prs.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Lock closed PRs
         run: |
-          cmd=$(gh pr list --repo "$REPO" -L 100000 --state closed --json number,updatedAt|jq '[.[] | select(.updatedAt >= (now - (7 * 24 * 60 * 60) | todate))] | sort_by(.updatedAt) | .[] | {number: .number, updatedAt: .updatedAt}'| jq '.number'|head -n 100)
+          pr_list=$(gh pr list --repo "$REPO" -L 100000 --state closed --json number,updatedAt)
+          recent_prs=$(echo "$pr_list" | jq '[.[] | select(.updatedAt >= (now - (7 * 24 * 60 * 60) | todate))]')
+          sorted_prs=$(echo "$recent_prs" | jq 'sort_by(.updatedAt) | .[] | {number: .number, updatedAt: .updatedAt}')
+          cmd=$(echo "$sorted_prs" | jq '.number' | head -n 100)
 
           for num in $cmd; do
-            if [ "$(gh api repos/$REPO/issues/$num --jq '.locked')" = "false" ]; then
-              if ! gh pr view --repo "$REPO" --json labels -q '.labels[].name' $num|grep -qE "^(Stale|leave-open)$"; then
+            if [ "$(gh api repos/"$REPO"/issues/"$num" --jq '.locked')" = "false" ]; then
+              if ! gh pr view --repo "$REPO" --json labels -q '.labels[].name' "$num"|grep -qE "^(Stale|leave-open)$"; then
                 echo "Locking pull request $num"
                 gh pr lock --repo "$REPO" --reason "resolved" "$num"
               fi