diff --git a/bin/automated_detection_testing/ci/detection_testing_batch/detection_testing_execution.py b/bin/automated_detection_testing/ci/detection_testing_batch/detection_testing_execution.py
index 6e63261ef6..32e2d045bb 100644
--- a/bin/automated_detection_testing/ci/detection_testing_batch/detection_testing_execution.py
+++ b/bin/automated_detection_testing/ci/detection_testing_batch/detection_testing_execution.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def copy_local_apps_to_directory(apps: dict[str, dict], target_directory) -> Non
 
 
 
-def ensure_security_content(branch: str, commit_hash: str, pr_number: Union[int, None], persist_security_content: bool) -> tuple[GithubService, bool]:
+def ensure_security_content(branch: str, commit_hash: Union[str,None], pr_number: Union[int, None], persist_security_content: bool) -> tuple[GithubService, bool]:
     if persist_security_content is True and os.path.exists("security_content"):
         print("****** You chose --persist_security_content and the security_content directory exists. "
               "We will not check out the repo again. Please be aware, this could cause issues if your "
@@ -508,6 +508,8 @@ def main(args: list[str]):
         sys.exit(0)
     else:
         print("Test Execution Failed - review the logs for more details")
+        print("IN THE FUTURE, THIS WILL RETURN NONZERO CAUSING THE WORKFLOW TO FAIL!")
+        sys.exit(0)
         sys.exit(1)
 
 
diff --git a/bin/automated_detection_testing/ci/detection_testing_batch/modules/github_service.py b/bin/automated_detection_testing/ci/detection_testing_batch/modules/github_service.py
index a1962a710d..ffedd07ea2 100644
--- a/bin/automated_detection_testing/ci/detection_testing_batch/modules/github_service.py
+++ b/bin/automated_detection_testing/ci/detection_testing_batch/modules/github_service.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SECURITY_CONTENT_URL = "https://github.com/splunk/security_content"
 class GithubService:
 
 
-    def __init__(self, security_content_branch: str, commit_hash: str, PR_number: int = None, persist_security_content: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, security_content_branch: str, commit_hash: Union[str,None], PR_number: int = None, persist_security_content: bool = False):
 
         self.security_content_branch = security_content_branch
         if persist_security_content:
@@ -44,12 +44,15 @@ class GithubService:
                            "'git branch -a' to examine [%d] branches"%(security_content_branch, len(branch_names))))
 
 
-        if commit_hash is not None and PR_number is not None:
-            raise(Exception("Error - both the PR number [%d] and the commit hash [%s] were provided.  "
-                  "Only 0 or 1 can be passed." % (PR_number, commit_hash)))
+        if commit_hash is not None and PR_number is not None: 
+            print(f"\n************\nWARNING - both the PR_number {PR_number} and the commit_hash {commit_hash} were provided. "
+                  f"You should only pass neither or one of these.  We will ASSUME you want to use the PR_number, not the commit_hash. " 
+                  f"Removing the commit_hash...\n************\n")
+            commit_hash = None
+            
             
 
-        elif PR_number:
+        if PR_number:
             ret = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", "security_content/", "fetch", "origin",
                             "refs/pull/%d/head:%s" % (PR_number, security_content_branch)], capture_output=True)
             #ret = subprocess.call(["git", "-C", "security_content/", "fetch", "origin",