diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests_cdash.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests_cdash.yml
index 5e922803cf..27042ee01e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests_cdash.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests_cdash.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check Cache
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: ls ${HOME}/environments/${{ matrix.hdf5 }} && ls ${HOME}/environments/${{ matrix.hdf5}}/lib
+
       - name: Run ctest serial script
+        with: # Access the CDash TOken
+          CDASH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CDASH_TOKEN }}
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           mkdir build
diff --git a/ctest_scripts/ctest_serial.ctest b/ctest_scripts/ctest_serial.ctest
index cdcb2912df..9a5d60cc5d 100644
--- a/ctest_scripts/ctest_serial.ctest
+++ b/ctest_scripts/ctest_serial.ctest
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ SET(CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY "..")
 SET(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY ".")
 
 set(CDASH_TOKEN $ENV{CDASH_TOKEN})
+
+IF (CDASH_TOKEN)
+ MESSAGE("CDASH TOKEN FOUND")
+ELSE (CDASH_TOKEN)
+ MESSAGE("NO CDASH TOKEN FOUND")
+ENDIF (CDASH_TOKEN)
+ 
 MESSAGE("Using cdash token: ${CDASH_TOKEN}")