diff --git a/.github/workflows/download.yml b/.github/workflows/download.yml
index c5df268..8cf3d48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
             const repoOwner = repoUrl.replace('https://github.com/', '');
             const isAuthorized = "${{ steps.check-authorization.outputs.authorized }}" === "true";
             const message = isAuthorized ? `Pinging roboneuro to download the data for ${repoOwner}` : "You are not authorized to perform this action.";
+            core.setOutput("proceed", isAuthorized);
             await github.rest.issues.createComment({
               issue_number: context.issue.number,
               owner: context.repo.owner,