diff --git a/.github/checkrun.py b/.github/checkrun.py
index 043cd0441..c8c0f1a2e 100644
--- a/.github/checkrun.py
+++ b/.github/checkrun.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ f.close()
 
 data = data['commit']['message']
 
-if "\n\n" in message:
-    if message.split("\n\n",1)[-1].split()[0] == "[SILENT]":
+if "\n\n" in data:
+    if data.split("\n\n",1)[-1].split()[0] == "[SILENT]":
         system('killall -9 python')
     else:
         print("Silence not found")