diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml
index b36a70d..7e6cc40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml
@@ -50,27 +50,30 @@ jobs:
           if [ -z "$TARGET_URL" ]; then
             echo "Owner guess failed; searching accessible repos via Gitea API"
             API_URL="https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/v1/repos/search?q=${REPO_NAME}&limit=100"
-            TARGET_URL=$(python3 - <<'PY'
+            TARGET_URL="$(python3 - <<'PY'
 import json
 import os
 import urllib.request
 
-api_url = os.environ["API_URL"]
-token = os.environ["GITEA_TOKEN"]
-repo_name = os.environ["REPO_NAME"]
-username = os.environ["GITEA_USERNAME"]
-
-req = urllib.request.Request(api_url, headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}"})
+req = urllib.request.Request(
+    os.environ["API_URL"],
+    headers={"Authorization": f"token {os.environ['GITEA_TOKEN']}"},
+)
 with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=20) as resp:
-    data = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
+    payload = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
 
-for repo in data.get("data", []):
+repo_name = os.environ["REPO_NAME"].lower()
+username = os.environ["GITEA_USERNAME"]
+host = os.environ["GITEA_HOST"]
+token = os.environ["GITEA_TOKEN"]
+
+for repo in payload.get("data", []):
     full_name = str(repo.get("full_name", ""))
-    if full_name.lower().endswith("/" + repo_name.lower()):
-        print(f"https://{username}:{token}@{os.environ['GITEA_HOST']}/{full_name}.git")
+    if full_name.lower().endswith("/" + repo_name):
+        print(f"https://{username}:{token}@{host}/{full_name}.git")
         break
 PY
-)
+)"
             if [ -n "$TARGET_URL" ]; then
               echo "Resolved Gitea target via API"
             fi