diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled-repository-template-sync.yaml b/.github/workflows/scheduled-repository-template-sync.yaml
index a227476..570a2cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled-repository-template-sync.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled-repository-template-sync.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
+  actions: write
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
   checks: read
diff --git a/scripts/config/.repository-template-sync-ignore b/scripts/config/.repository-template-sync-ignore
index 9cc4a33..2626b4a 100644
--- a/scripts/config/.repository-template-sync-ignore
+++ b/scripts/config/.repository-template-sync-ignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Files and folders to ignore when syncing nhs-notify-repository-template back in to this repository
 scripts/config/.repository-template-sync-ignore
-nhs-notify-repository-template
+nhs-notify-repository-template/
 
 # Files and Folders in this repository to ignore
 .vscode/