diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-format-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-format-checker.yml
index b35267b59..088e274ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-format-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-format-checker.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
     types: edited
 permissions:
   pull-requests: write
+  contents: write
 
 jobs:
   code_formatter:
@@ -84,23 +85,24 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
+          path: main
 
       - name: Setup Python env
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
           cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'utils/git/requirements_formatting.txt'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'main/utils/git/requirements_formatting.txt'
 
       - name: Install python dependencies
-        run: pip install -r utils/git/requirements_formatting.txt
+        run: pip install -r main/utils/git/requirements_formatting.txt
 
       - name: Apply code diff
         env:
           GITHUB_PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
           COMMENT_ID: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
         run: |
-          python utils/git/code-format-save-diff.py \
+          python main/utils/git/code-format-save-diff.py \
             --token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} \
             --issue-number $GITHUB_PR_NUMBER \
             --tmp-diff-file $TMP_DIFF_FILE \
diff --git a/utils/git/code-format-save-diff.py b/utils/git/code-format-save-diff.py
index d2d674f0b..c59e2b474 100644
--- a/utils/git/code-format-save-diff.py
+++ b/utils/git/code-format-save-diff.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def apply_patches(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         os.remove(args.tmp_diff_file)
     
     with open(args.tmp_diff_file, 'w+') as tmp:
-        tmp.write(diff.encode("utf-8"))
+        tmp.write(diff)
         tmp.flush()
         tmp.close()