diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index dadd1d537..3275b6f7c 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -266,12 +266,6 @@ runs:
         bucketName: ${{ inputs.terraform-state-bucket }}
         failOnMissingPlan: "false"
 
-    - if: ${{ steps.atmos-plan.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
-      shell: bash
-      run: |-
-        cat ${{ steps.vars.outputs.plan_file }}.stored
-        
-
     - name: Compare Current and Stored PLANFILEs
       if: ${{ steps.atmos-plan.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
       id: new-plan
@@ -282,21 +276,30 @@ runs:
         PLAN_FILE_STORED="${{ steps.vars.outputs.plan_file }}.stored"
 
         NEW_PLAN_FOUND=false
-        if [ -f "$PLAN_FILE_STORED" ]; then          
+        if [ -f "$PLAN_FILE_STORED" ]; then
+          set +e
           terraform show -json "$PLAN_FILE_STORED" > "$PLAN_FILE_STORED.json"
-        
-          # sort and remove timestamp
-          jq 'if has("relevant_attributes") then .relevant_attributes |= sort_by(.resource, .attribute) else . end' "$PLAN_FILE.json" | jq 'del(.timestamp)' > current.json
-          jq 'if has("relevant_attributes") then .relevant_attributes |= sort_by(.resource, .attribute) else . end' "$PLAN_FILE_STORED.json" | jq 'del(.timestamp)' > stored.json
-        
-          # calculate checksums of stored and current plans
-          MD5_CURRENT=$(md5sum current.json | awk '{ print $1 }')
-          MD5_STORED=$(md5sum stored.json | awk '{ print $1 }')
 
-          if [ "$MD5_CURRENT" == "$MD5_STORED" ]; then
-            echo "Current plan is equal to stored plan"
+          TERRAFORM_RESULT=$?
+          
+          set -e
+        
+          if [[ "${TERRAFORM_RESULT}" == "0" ]]; then
+            # sort and remove timestamp
+            jq 'if has("relevant_attributes") then .relevant_attributes |= sort_by(.resource, .attribute) else . end' "$PLAN_FILE.json" | jq 'del(.timestamp)' > current.json
+            jq 'if has("relevant_attributes") then .relevant_attributes |= sort_by(.resource, .attribute) else . end' "$PLAN_FILE_STORED.json" | jq 'del(.timestamp)' > stored.json
+          
+            # calculate checksums of stored and current plans
+            MD5_CURRENT=$(md5sum current.json | awk '{ print $1 }')
+            MD5_STORED=$(md5sum stored.json | awk '{ print $1 }')
+  
+            if [ "$MD5_CURRENT" == "$MD5_STORED" ]; then
+              echo "Current plan is equal to stored plan"
+            else
+              echo "Current plan is different from stored plan"
+              NEW_PLAN_FOUND=true
+            fi
           else
-            echo "Current plan is different from stored plan"
             NEW_PLAN_FOUND=true
           fi
         else