diff --git a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsCreateVATfromVDS.wdl b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsCreateVATfromVDS.wdl
index d2f952948d1..bc758e09d07 100644
--- a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsCreateVATfromVDS.wdl
+++ b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsCreateVATfromVDS.wdl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version 1.0
 import "GvsUtils.wdl" as Utils
 import "../variant_annotations_table/GvsCreateVATFilesFromBigQuery.wdl" as GvsCreateVATFilesFromBigQuery
 
-# This here is an updated comment
+# This here is an updated comment!
 
 workflow GvsCreateVATfromVDS {
     input {
diff --git a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsUtils.wdl b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsUtils.wdl
index 9c3b438b897..e17dfae434e 100644
--- a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsUtils.wdl
+++ b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsUtils.wdl
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ task CopyFile {
     fi
 
     gsutil cp ~{input_file} ${OUTPUT_GCS_DIR}/
-    echo ${OUTPUT_PATH} > output_file_path.txt
+    echo $OUTPUT_PATH > output_file_path.txt
   >>>
   output {
     String output_file_path = read_string("output_file_path.txt")