diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-deploy.yaml
index 8a451de835b88..3b3ef284361c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-deploy.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   pr_commented:
-    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }} && contains(github.event.comment.body, '/deploy-pr') && github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    if: github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '/deploy-pr') && github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
     outputs:
       PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.pr_number.outputs.PR_NUMBER }}
       PR_TITLE: ${{ steps.pr_number.outputs.PR_TITLE }}
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ jobs:
         id: pr_number
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
-          if [[ ${{ github.event_name }} == 'workflow_dispatch' ]]; then
+          if [[ ${{ github.event_name }} == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
             PR_NUMBER=${{ github.event.inputs.pr_number }}
-            PR_TITLE=$(curl -sSL -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" https://api.github.com/repos/coder/coder/pulls/$PR_NUMBER | jq -r '.title')
+            PR_TITLE=$(curl -sSL -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" "https://api.github.com/repos/coder/coder/pulls/$PR_NUMBER" | jq -r '.title')
           else
             PR_NUMBER=${{ github.event.issue.number }}
             PR_TITLE=${{ github.event.issue.title }}