diff --git a/.github/scripts/build_assets/arg_getters.py b/.github/scripts/build_assets/arg_getters.py
index d086bd33..e424c8c5 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/build_assets/arg_getters.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/build_assets/arg_getters.py
@@ -73,16 +73,30 @@ def get_release_message_args():
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
-def get_in_develop_labeler_args():
+def get_issue_finder_in_pr():
     """
-    Get the commandline arguments for in_develop_labeler.py.
+    Get the commandline arguments for issue_finder_in_pr.py.
     """
     parser = ArgumentParser(description="Parse the PR body to find the issue(s) we are labelling.")
-    parser.add_argument("token",
-                        help="The GitHub token to access the GitHub REST API.",
-                        type=str)
 
     parser.add_argument("body",
                         help="The PR's initial comment by the author AKA the `body` attribute of the `pull_request` API object.",
                         type=str)
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def get_in_develop_labeler_args():
+    """
+    Get the commandline arguments for in_develop_labeler.py.
+    """
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description="Find the issue numbers from the line passed in and label the issues.")
+    parser.add_argument("token",
+                        help="The GitHub token to access the GitHub REST API.",
+                        type=str)
+
+    parser.add_argument("issues",
+                        help="The issues as a ' ' delimited string. Can also be NONE if there's nothing.",
+                        type=str)
+
     return parser.parse_args()
diff --git a/.github/scripts/in_develop_labeler.py b/.github/scripts/in_develop_labeler.py
index c065b966..c141fbdf 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/in_develop_labeler.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/in_develop_labeler.py
@@ -1,20 +1,8 @@
-import re
 from build_assets import arg_getters, api_handler
 
-def main():
-	args = arg_getters.get_in_develop_labeler_args()
-	try:
-		# find the issue closing line
-		issue_line = [line for line in args.body.split("\n") if line.startswith("**This PR closes")][0]
-
-		print("Issue Line is " + issue_line)
-		issue_pattern = re.compile(r"\d+")
-		issues_numbers = issue_pattern.findall(issue_line)
-		print("Labelling issues: " + str(issues_numbers))
-		api_handler.label_issues(args.token, issues_numbers, ["in-develop"])
-	except IndexError:  # if can't find the issue line
-		print("The PR body doesn't contain `**This PR closes` keywords. Ending workflow.")
-		return
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-	main()
+	args = arg_getters.get_in_develop_labeler_args()
+	# find the issue closing line
+	issues = args.issues
+	if issues != "NONE":
+		api_handler.label_issues(args.token, issues.split(" "), ["in-develop"])
diff --git a/.github/scripts/issue_finder_in_pr.py b/.github/scripts/issue_finder_in_pr.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2453788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/issue_finder_in_pr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import re
+from build_assets import arg_getters, filehandler
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	args = arg_getters.get_issue_finder_in_pr()
+	try:
+		# find the issue closing line
+		issue_line = [line for line in args.body.split("\n") if line.startswith("**This PR closes")][0]
+
+		print("Issue Line is " + issue_line)
+		issue_pattern = re.compile(r"\d+")
+		issues_numbers = issue_pattern.findall(issue_line)
+		print("Labelling issues: " + str(issues_numbers))
+
+		filehandler.write_to_file("issue_nums.txt", " ".join(issues_numbers) if len(issues_numbers) > 0 else "NONE")
+	except IndexError:  # if can't find the issue line
+		print("The PR body doesn't contain `**This PR closes` keywords. Ending workflow.") 
+		filehandler.write_to_file("issue_nums.txt", "NONE")  
diff --git a/.github/workflows/in_develop_labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/in_develop_labeler.yml
index 65868f36..2b751bb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/in_develop_labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/in_develop_labeler.yml
@@ -2,17 +2,34 @@ name: Label Issue In Develop
 on: 
   pull_request:
     types: [closed]
-# solution taken from https://github.com/actions/first-interaction/issues/10#issuecomment-1041402989
-# this allows this workflow to label the PRs to have the `in-develop` label
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
 jobs:
   label:
     name: Label Issue In Develop
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    if: github.event.action == 'completed' && github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'skipped'
+    env: 
+      # three possible values: 'skipped', 'success', 'failure'
+      # have to print github.event to console to see these values
+      # note: can't use this env variable up in the if statement above for some reason.
+      # I don't think it's an ordering issue cause it seems 'if' is auto evaluate first
+      PREV_STATUS: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion }}
     steps:
+      - name: Check state of last run
+        run: echo $PREV_STATUS
+
+      - name: Download workflow artifact
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2.11.0
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          workflow: issue_finder_in_pr.yml
+          run_id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
+
+      - name: Read the issue_nums file
+        id: issues_num_reader
+        uses: juliangruber/read-file-action@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          path: ./issue_nums/issue_nums.txt
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Setup Python v3.8
@@ -28,5 +45,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run in_develop_labeler.py
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
-        run: python ./.github/scripts/in_develop_labeler.py $TOKEN "$BODY"
+          ISSUES: ${{ steps.issues_num_reader.outputs.content }}
+        run: python ./.github/scripts/in_develop_labeler.py $TOKEN "$ISSUES"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue_finder_in_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_finder_in_pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15e84876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue_finder_in_pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Find the issues we want to close in a merged PR
+on: 
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+jobs:
+  label:
+    name: Label Issue In Develop
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup Python v3.8
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with: 
+          python-version: 3.8
+
+      - name: Run issue_finder_in_pr.py
+        env:
+          BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
+        run: python ./.github/scripts/issue_finder_in_pr.py "$BODY"
+
+      - name: Upload the issues found created by issue_finder_in_pr.py
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        if: success()
+        with:
+          name: issue_nums
+          path: ./issue_nums.txt
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