diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly_stats.yaml b/.github/workflows/weekly_stats.yaml
index 7548623b1..c22dcfb9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly_stats.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly_stats.yaml
@@ -107,12 +107,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Create stats
         run: |
-          printf "$(cats Stats)" \
-          | awk '{for(i=NF;i>1;i--)printf "%s ",$i;printf "%s",$1;print ""}' > Stats3
-          head -n 2 Stats3 > Stats3
-          cat Stats3
+          cp Stats Stats3
+          gawk -i inplace '{for(i=NF;i>1;i--)printf "%s ",$i;printf "%s",$1;print ""}' Stats3
+          echo "$(head -n 2 Stats3)" > Stats3
           sudo apt-get install gnuplot -y
-          echo "installed"
           N=`awk 'NR==1 {print NF}' Stats3`
           plot for [i=2:N] "Stats3" u 1:i
           set term png