diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/yaml-lint.yml b/.gitea/workflows/yaml-lint.yml
index 2e47c0918..9b5fe7140 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/yaml-lint.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/yaml-lint.yml
@@ -56,9 +56,13 @@ jobs:
           for file in ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.changed_files }}; do
             if LC_ALL=C  grep --color='auto' -P -n "[^\x00-\x7F]" $file &>/dev/null; then
               echo "$file contains non-unicode characters!"
+              LC_ALL=C  grep --color='auto' -P -n "[^\x00-\x7F]" $file
+              failed_job=true
             fi
           done
-
+          if [ "$failed_job" = true ] ; then
+            exit 1
+          fi
       - name: Install yamllint
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update