diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b6a1b50bd526..111b9bba9ae0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ commands:
             then
                 echo $CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER
                 resp=$(curl -Ls https://api.github.com/repos/huggingface/transformers/pulls/${CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER})
-                user=$(jq -r .user.login \<<< $resp)   # PR creator username
-                head_ref=$(jq -r .head.ref \<<< $resp) # PR user's branch name
+                user=$(jq -r .head.user.login \<<< $resp)  # PR head username
+                head_ref=$(jq -r .head.ref \<<< $resp)     # PR head branch name
                 echo head_ref=$head_ref, user=$user
             fi