diff --git a/Actions/ReadSettings/ReadSettings.ps1 b/Actions/ReadSettings/ReadSettings.ps1
index d78b52a13..caeac71a5 100644
--- a/Actions/ReadSettings/ReadSettings.ps1
+++ b/Actions/ReadSettings/ReadSettings.ps1
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ $outSettings = @{}
 $settings.Keys | ForEach-Object {
     $setting = $_
     $settingValue = $settings."$setting"
+    if ($settingValue -is [String] -and ($settingValue.contains("`n") -or $settingValue.contains("`r"))) {
+        throw "Setting $setting contains line breaks, which is not supported"
+    }
     $outSettings += @{ "$setting" = $settingValue }
     if ($getSettings -contains $setting) {
         if ($settingValue -is [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary] -or $settingValue -is [hashtable]) {
             Add-Content -Encoding UTF8 -Path $env:GITHUB_ENV -Value "$setting=$(ConvertTo-Json $settingValue -Depth 99 -Compress)"
         }
-        elseif ($settingValue -is [String] -and ($settingValue.contains("`n") -or $settingValue.contains("`r"))) {
-            throw "Setting $setting contains line breaks, which is not supported"
-        }
         else {
             Add-Content -Encoding UTF8 -Path $env:GITHUB_ENV -Value "$setting=$settingValue"
         }