diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily_README.yaml b/.github/workflows/daily_README.yaml
index 137859cdf..e9fa4b2ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily_README.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily_README.yaml
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ jobs:
 
           # shellcheck disable=SC2002
           echo "Global stats..."
-          STATS_DOWNLOADS="$(cat Stats | awk 'NR==2{print $1}')"
+          STATS_DOWNLOADS="$(awk 'NR==2{print $1}' Stats)"
           sed -i "s|%%STATS_DOWNLOADS%%|$STATS_DOWNLOADS|g" README2.md && \
           sed -i "s|%%STATS_ADDONS%%|$(find . -name "config.json" | wc -l)|g" README2.md && \
-          STATS_ONE="$(cat Stats | awk 'NR==3{print $(NF)}')" && \
-          STATS_TWO="$(cat Stats | awk 'NR==4{print $(NF)}')" && \
-          STATS_THREE="$(cat Stats | awk 'NR==5{print $(NF)}')"
+          STATS_ONE="$(awk 'NR==3{print $(NF)}' Stats)" && \
+          STATS_TWO="$(awk 'NR==4{print $(NF)}' Stats)" && \
+          STATS_THREE="$(awk 'NR==5{print $(NF)}' Stats)"
           sed -i "s|%%STATS_ONE%%|${STATS_ONE^}|g" README2.md
           sed -i "s|%%STATS_TWO%%|${STATS_TWO^}|g" README2.md
           sed -i "s|%%STATS_THREE%%|${STATS_THREE^}|g" README2.md