diff --git a/.github/scripts/extract-refstyle-badges/extract-refstyle-badges.sh b/.github/scripts/extract-refstyle-badges/extract-refstyle-badges.sh
index e1bdf95..acbc51f 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/extract-refstyle-badges/extract-refstyle-badges.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/extract-refstyle-badges/extract-refstyle-badges.sh
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ sed -e "/$lead/,/$tail/{
   };
   /$tail/p;
   d
-}" "${READMEFILE}" > "${OUTFILE}.tmp"
+}" "${OUTFILE}" > "${OUTFILE}.tmp"
 mv "${OUTFILE}.tmp" "${OUTFILE}"