diff --git a/.github/workflows/flux-diff.yaml b/.github/workflows/flux-diff.yaml
index 360207161e03d..3fbff332619fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flux-diff.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flux-diff.yaml
@@ -86,18 +86,16 @@ jobs:
       #     path: "${{ matrix.paths }}"
       #     resource: "${{ matrix.resources }}"
 
-      - name: Checkout PR branch
+      - name: Checkout Live Branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           token: "${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}"
-          path: pr
 
-      - name: Checkout Live Branch
+      - name: Checkout PR branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           token: "${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}"
-          ref: main
-          path: live
+          path: pr
 
       - name: Diff Resources
         uses: docker://ghcr.io/allenporter/flux-local:main
@@ -105,20 +103,20 @@ jobs:
           args: >-
             diff ${{ matrix.resources }}
             --unified 6
+            --path-orig ${{ matrix.paths }}
             --path pr/${{ matrix.paths }}
-            --path-orig live/${{ matrix.paths }}
             --strip-attrs "helm.sh/chart,checksum/config,app.kubernetes.io/version,chart"
             --limit-bytes 10000
             --all-namespaces
             --sources "home-kubernetes"
-            --output-file diff.txt
+            --output-file diff.patch
 
       - name: Generate Diff
         id: diff
         run: |
-          cat diff.txt
+          cat diff.patch
           echo "diff<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          cat diff.txt >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          cat diff.patch >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - if: ${{ steps.diff.outputs.diff != '' }}