diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index cf53222b..52f86c20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ jobs:
         toxenv: [pep8, isort, black, pypi-description, docs, towncrier]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index d58be1a8..9c16bcc2 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def towncrier_check(c):  # NOQA
     """ Check towncrier files. """
     output = io.StringIO()
     c.run("git branch -a --contains HEAD", out_stream=output)
+    print(output.getvalue())
     skipped_branch_prefix = ["pull/", "develop", "master", "HEAD"]
     # cleanup branch names by removing PR-only names in local, remote and disconnected branches to ensure the current
     # (i.e. user defined) branch name is used