diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-user.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-user.yml
index 701f8f925..70b25bcfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-user.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-user.yml
@@ -72,10 +72,14 @@ jobs:
           FAMILY=$(sed -n 's/.*"family": "\(.*\)",/\1/p' taskdef/user-service.json)
           NAME=$(sed -n 's/.*"name": "\(.*\)",/\1/p' taskdef/user-service.json)
           SERVICE_NAME="${NAME}-service"
-          sed -e "s;%BUILD_NUMBER%;${{ github.run_number }};g" -e "s;%REPOSITORY_URI%;${REPOSITORY_URI};g" taskdef/user-service.json > ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${NAME}-v_${{ github.run_number }}.json
-       
-          cat ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${NAME}-v_${{ github.run_number }}.json 
-          aws ecs register-task-definition --family ${FAMILY} --cli-input-json file://${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${NAME}-v_${{ github.run_number }}.json --region ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+    
+         # Replace placeholders in the JSON file
+         sed -e "s;%BUILD_NUMBER%;${{ github.run_number }};g" -e "s;%REPOSITORY_URI%;${REPOSITORY_URI};g" taskdef/user-service.json > ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${NAME}-v_${{ github.run_number }}.json
+ 
+        # Debug: Print the content of the modified JSON file
+        cat ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${NAME}-v_${{ github.run_number }}.json
+
+        # Register the task definition using the modified JSON file
+        aws ecs register-task-definition --family ${FAMILY} --cli-input-json file://${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${NAME}-v_${{ github.run_number }}.json --region ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
 
-