diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-genesis.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-genesis.yml
index fb3fe50d..4e8b8803 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-genesis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-genesis.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ jobs:
           go install
       - name: Validate Genesis
         run: |
-          if [[-f ./celestia/pre-genesis.json && -d ./celestia/gentx ]]; then
+          if test -f ./celestia/pre-genesis.json && test -d ./celestia/gentx; then
             gentest ./celestia/pre-genesis.json ./celestia/gentx
           fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-gentx.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-gentx.yml
index 3d9a3aae..06e9840d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-gentx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-gentx.yml
@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ jobs:
             if [ "$formatted" != "$(cat $file)" ]; then
               echo "$file gentx file not formatted"
               echo "expected:"
-              echo $formatted
+              echo "$formatted"
               echo "found:"
               cat $file
+              echo ""
+              echo "Hexdump of file:"
+              head -c 100 "$file" | hexdump -C
+              echo "Hexdump of jq output:"
+              echo "$formatted" | head -c 100 | hexdump -C
               exit 1
             fi
           done