diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 37e24fc..9792a32 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Policy for outbound traffic, can be either audit or block'
     required: false
     default: 'block'
-  expected_checksum:
-    description: 'Expected sha256 checksum of latest agent.tar.gz file'
-    default: "a5f466fc5c8a9b809afd421e0f32903da98908feab5a245c734d3775e2e10032"
-    required: true
 branding:
   icon: 'check-square'  
   color: 'green'
diff --git a/src/checksum_verify.ts b/src/checksum.ts
similarity index 57%
rename from src/checksum_verify.ts
rename to src/checksum.ts
index b609f14..91392e1 100644
--- a/src/checksum_verify.ts
+++ b/src/checksum.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@ import * as core from "@actions/core";
 import * as crypto from "crypto"
 import * as fs from "fs"
 
-export function checksumVerify(downloadPath: string){
+export function verifyChecksum(downloadPath: string){
 
 
     const fileBuffer:Buffer = fs.readFileSync(downloadPath)
     const checksum: string = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(fileBuffer).digest('hex'); // checksum of downloaded file
 
-    const expectedChecksum: string = core.getInput("expected_checksum") // default checksum
+    const expectedChecksum: string = "a5f466fc5c8a9b809afd421e0f32903da98908feab5a245c734d3775e2e10032" // default checksum
     
     if(checksum !== expectedChecksum){
-        core.error(`Checksum verification failed.`)
-        core.setFailed(`Checksum expected ${expectedChecksum} instead got ${checksum}`)
+        core.setFailed(`Checksum verification failed, expected ${expectedChecksum} instead got ${checksum}`)
     }
 
     core.debug("Checksum verification passed.")
diff --git a/src/setup.ts b/src/setup.ts
index 4e7675b..fe85560 100644
--- a/src/setup.ts
+++ b/src/setup.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as path from "path";
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 import { printInfo } from "./common";
 import * as tc from "@actions/tool-cache";
-import {checksumVerify} from "./checksum_verify"
+import {verifyChecksum} from "./checksum"
 (async () => {
   try {
     if (process.platform !== "linux") {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import {checksumVerify} from "./checksum_verify"
       "https://github.com/step-security/agent/releases/download/v0.8.6/agent_0.8.6_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
     );
     
-    checksumVerify(downloadPath) // NOTE: verifying agent's checksum, before extracting
+    verifyChecksum(downloadPath) // NOTE: verifying agent's checksum, before extracting
     const extractPath = await tc.extractTar(downloadPath);
 
     console.log(`Step Security Job Correlation ID: ${correlation_id}`);