diff --git a/.github/workflows/goalie-on-pr-review-or-response.yaml b/.github/workflows/goalie-on-pr-review-or-response.yaml
index 9f4c6996e2..f309d008ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/goalie-on-pr-review-or-response.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/goalie-on-pr-review-or-response.yaml
@@ -101,11 +101,13 @@ jobs:
 
             const reviewers = new Set();
 
+            // The default catch all is not added to the codeowners response
+            codeowners['*'] = '@backstage/reviewers';
+
             for (const file of changedFiles) {
               for (const [pattern, owners] of Object.entries(codeowners)) {
-
-               console.log(file.filename, pattern);
-                if (minimatch(file.filename, pattern)) {
+              
+                if (minimatch(`/${file.filename}`, pattern)) {
                   for (const owner of owners) {
                     reviewers.add(owner);
                   }
@@ -114,4 +116,5 @@ jobs:
             }
 
             console.log(reviewers);
+