diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yaml b/.github/workflows/actions.yaml
index 2687e56c..bbd7b23d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yaml
@@ -47,8 +47,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions"
           git config user.email "github-actions@github.com"
-          git fetch origin domain-replacement || true
-          git checkout -B domain-replacement
+
+          # Check if the branch exists remotely
+          if git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin domain-replacement; then
+            echo "Branch 'domain-replacement' exists. Checking it out."
+            git fetch origin domain-replacement
+            git checkout domain-replacement
+          else
+            echo "Branch 'domain-replacement' does not exist. Creating it."
+            git checkout -b domain-replacement
+          fi
+
+          #  git fetch origin domain-replacement || true
+          #  git checkout -B domain-replacement
           git add . ':!./.github/workflows/' ':!./.github/workflows/domain-replacer/'
           if git diff --cached --quiet; then
             echo "No changes to commit."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/domain-replacer/replace.sh b/.github/workflows/domain-replacer/replace.sh
index 5e4a33c1..fafcd886 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/domain-replacer/replace.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/domain-replacer/replace.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ set -e
 echo "Scanning for files to update..."
 
 
-find . -type f ! -path "./.github/workflows/*" | while read -r file; do
+find . -type f ! -name "go.sum" ! -path "./.github/workflows/*" | while read -r file; do
   echo "Checking $file"
   if grep -q 'github.com/dell/' "$file"; then
     echo "Updating $file"