diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 7b210278..a79fcd0f 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -142,12 +142,16 @@ stages:
             tags: $(imageTag)
             arguments: '--no-cache --pull'
         - bash: |
+              branch_name=$(git name-rev --name-only --refs=\"refs/remotes/origin/*\" HEAD^1 | sed 's/~.*//')  # Had to do it this way because Build.SourceBranchName is always 'merge' on PR
+              echo \"Retrieved branch name: '$branch_name'\"
+              jira_card_number=\"${branch_name##*/}\"           # Grab everything after last '/'
               # Create container for jira writeback
               container_id=$(docker create \
               --ipc=host \
               -e JIRA_SERVER=$(JIRA_SERVER) \
               -e JIRA_USERNAME=$(JIRA_USERNAME) \
               -e JIRA_API_KEY=$(JIRA_API_KEY) \
+              -e JIRA_CARD_NUMBER=$jira_card_number \
               $(dockerImageName):$(imageTag) \
               bash -c "echo \"Moving Playwright reports out of subfolders...\" &&
                 find ./playwright-reports/ -mindepth 2 -type f -exec mv {} ./playwright-reports/ \; &&
@@ -159,11 +163,8 @@ stages:
                 # (($num_failures -eq 0)) && jira_message='Playwright tests passed!' || jira_message=\"$num_failures Playwright tests failed.\"
                 # TODO: Update to include test status message later
                 echo \"Contents of ortoni-report:\" && ls ./ortoni-report &&
-                branch_name=$(git name-rev --name-only --refs=\"refs/remotes/origin/*\" HEAD^1 | sed 's/~.*//')  # Had to do it this way because Build.SourceBranchName is always 'merge' on PR
-                echo \"Retrieved branch name: '$branch_name'\"
-                jira_card_number=\"${branch_name##*/}\"           # Grab everything after last '/'
-                echo \"Writing report to Jira card '$jira_card_number'...\" && 
-                ./devops/scripts/jira_writeback.sh add_comment \"$jira_card_number\" /app/ortoni-report/ortoni-report.html \"AUTOMATED TEST RUN: $(date)\" ")
+                echo \"Writing report to Jira card '$JIRA_CARD_NUMBER'...\" && 
+                ./devops/scripts/jira_writeback.sh add_comment \"$JIRA_CARD_NUMBER\" /app/ortoni-report/ortoni-report.html \"AUTOMATED TEST RUN: $(date)\" ")
 
               # Start container and stream logs
               echo "Starting merge"