diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-remove-template.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-remove-template.yml
index a0667482..64fa7ea2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-remove-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-remove-template.yml
@@ -38,18 +38,22 @@ jobs:
       # check whether anything at that path has been modified relative to master's head.
       # If so, we'll set `env.changed=true` to trigger the build in a later step
       - name: Check for changes
-        if: inputs.always-build == 'false'
+        if: ${{ inputs.always-build }} == 'false'
         id: check_changes
         run: |
-          if git fetch origin master && git diff --name-only origin/master | grep -q "${{ inputs.path }}"; then
+          if git fetch origin master && git diff --name-only origin/master | grep -q "$(basename ${{ inputs.path }})"; then
+            echo "Changes detected to ${{inputs.path}}."
             echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           else
+            echo "No changes detected to ${{ inputs.path}}"
             echo "changed=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
 
       - name: Set changed to true for always-build
-        if: inputs.always-build == 'true'
-        run: echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        if: ${{ inputs.always-build }} == 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "Input for job 'always-build' is true -- building regardless of detected changes."
+          echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Build Docker image
         if: env.changed == 'true'