diff --git a/.github/workflows/on-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/on-pull-request.yml
index 3ea36e20..98b9b06d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on-pull-request.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
             commit=$(git rev-list -1 HEAD "$fullfile")
             permalinks+="\n- https://github.com/ecmwf-projects/c3s2-eqc-quality-assessment/blob/$commit/$fullfile"
         done
-        echo "permalinks=$permalinks" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        echo "permalinks=$(echo -e "$permalinks")" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
     - name: Comment PR with permalinks
       uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v2
       with: