diff --git a/.github/scripts/get-contributing.sh b/.github/scripts/get-contributing.sh
index 78333976b6..e4933c3619 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/get-contributing.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/get-contributing.sh
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ local=''
 while IFS= read -r line; do
   # this section removes prev lines after file loads - src/load set to non-empty 
   if [[ -n "$src" || -n "$local" ]]; then
-     #  if line eq level - level is num of ##s
-    if [[ "$line" == "$level"'#'*  || 
-    # line not a header)
-    "$line" != '#'* ]]; then
-      continue
+    # line not a horitzontal rule hr
+    if  [[ "$line" != "----"* ]]; then
+    #  if line eq level - level is num of ##s
+      if [[ "$line" == "$level"'#'*  ||
+      # line not a header)
+      "$line" != '#'* ]]; then
+        continue
+      fi
     fi
   fi