diff --git a/.github/workflows/JirabotMerge.yml b/.github/workflows/JirabotMerge.yml
index 112abf776..634c408f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/JirabotMerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/JirabotMerge.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
 name: Jirabot - Merge
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request_target:
     types: [closed]
     branches:
       - "master"
       - "candidate-*"
 
-permissions: write-all
-
 jobs:
   jirabot:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     steps:
+      - name: "Debug Vars"
+        run: |
+          echo "JIRA_URL: ${{ vars.JIRA_URL }}"
+          echo "Pull Request Number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
+          echo "Pull Request Title: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
+          echo "Pull Request Author Name: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login }}"
+          echo "Pull Request URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}"
+          echo "Comments URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.comments_url }}"
+          echo "Branch Name: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
       - uses: "actions/setup-python@v2"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
@@ -182,6 +189,11 @@ jobs:
             jirabot_user = os.environ['JIRABOT_USERNAME']
             jirabot_pass = os.environ['JIRABOT_PASSWORD']
             jira_url = os.environ['JIRA_URL']
+
+            if not jira_url:
+                jira_url = 'https://track.hpccsystems.com'
+                print('Jira URL us empty defaulting to: ' + jira_url)
+
             pr = os.environ['PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER']
             title = os.environ['PULL_REQUEST_TITLE']
             user = os.environ['PULL_REQUEST_AUTHOR_NAME']