diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-db.yml b/.github/workflows/update-db.yml
index 2fee5b3463fc..2f5be854d714 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-db.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-db.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           TWITCH_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.TWITCH_CLIENT_ID }}
           TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET }}
           YOUTUBE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.YOUTUBE_API_KEY }}
-        run: python -u src/update_db.py ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && '-t' }}
+        run: python -u src/update_db.py ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && '-t' || '' }}
 
       - name: Prepare Artifacts  # uploading artifacts will fail if not zipped due to very large quantity of files
         shell: bash