diff --git a/.github/workflows/sidecar-windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/sidecar-windows.yaml
index 63b3b0fdd..22272c9e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sidecar-windows.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sidecar-windows.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: windows-2019 # Run this job on a windows environment
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: edgarrc/action-7z@v1
 
     - name: Install 7-Zip
       run: choco install 7zip.install
@@ -62,7 +66,6 @@ jobs:
     
     # Github action parser for sure, something to test it out too quickly
     - name: Compile the 7z
-      uses: edgarrc/action-7z@v1
       with:
         args: 7z a -t7z "sidecar.7z" "onnxruntime/ qdrant/ target/release/webserver models/"