diff --git a/cli/pkg/spec/spec.go b/cli/pkg/spec/spec.go
index 46d23985e..5048b74e1 100644
--- a/cli/pkg/spec/spec.go
+++ b/cli/pkg/spec/spec.go
@@ -80,18 +80,14 @@ func RunSpec(
 
 	// TODO: avoid calling GetChangedFilesHere, avoid loading digger config entirely
 	// also see below TODO to leverage variables provider and avoid passing it to commentUpdaterProvider
-	changedFiles, err := prService.GetChangedFiles(*spec.Job.PullRequestNumber)
-	if err != nil {
-		usage.ReportErrorAndExit(spec.VCS.Actor, fmt.Sprintf("could not get changed files: %v", err), 1)
-	}
-	diggerConfig, _, _, err := digger_config.LoadDiggerConfig("./", false, changedFiles)
+	diggerConfig, _, _, err := digger_config.LoadDiggerConfig("./", false, []string{})
 	if err != nil {
 		usage.ReportErrorAndExit(spec.VCS.Actor, fmt.Sprintf("Failed to read Digger digger_config. %s", err), 4)
 	}
 	log.Printf("Digger digger_config read successfully\n")
 
-	// TODO: instead of passing diggerConfig we simply pass the renderMode needed by comment updater provider
-	commentUpdater, err := commentUpdaterProvider.Get(*diggerConfig)
+	// TODO: render mode being passable from the string
+	commentUpdater, err := commentUpdaterProvider.Get(digger_config.CommentRenderModeBasic)
 	if err != nil {
 		message := fmt.Sprintf("could not get comment updater: %v", err)
 		reportError(spec, backendApi, message, err)
diff --git a/ee/cli/pkg/comment_updater/provider.go b/ee/cli/pkg/comment_updater/provider.go
index 2aaac1fe9..84f9a91fa 100644
--- a/ee/cli/pkg/comment_updater/provider.go
+++ b/ee/cli/pkg/comment_updater/provider.go
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import (
 type CommentUpdaterProviderAdvanced struct {
 }
 
-func (c CommentUpdaterProviderAdvanced) Get(config digger_config.DiggerConfig) (comment_updater.CommentUpdater, error) {
-	if config.CommentRenderMode == digger_config.CommentRenderModeBasic {
+func (c CommentUpdaterProviderAdvanced) Get(renderMode string) (comment_updater.CommentUpdater, error) {
+	if renderMode == digger_config.CommentRenderModeBasic {
 		return comment_updater.BasicCommentUpdater{}, nil
-	} else if config.CommentRenderMode == digger_config.CommentRenderModeGroupByModule {
+	} else if renderMode == digger_config.CommentRenderModeGroupByModule {
 		commentUpdater := comment_updater.BasicCommentUpdater{}
 		return commentUpdater, nil
 	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown comment render mode found: %v", config.CommentRenderMode)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown comment render mode found: %v", renderMode)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/libs/comment_utils/summary/provider.go b/libs/comment_utils/summary/provider.go
index 5cd4548e2..9568d2a50 100644
--- a/libs/comment_utils/summary/provider.go
+++ b/libs/comment_utils/summary/provider.go
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 type CommentUpdaterProvider interface {
-	Get(config digger_config.DiggerConfig) (CommentUpdater, error)
+	Get(renderMode string) (CommentUpdater, error)
 }
 
 type CommentUpdaterProviderBasic struct{}
 
-func (c CommentUpdaterProviderBasic) Get(config digger_config.DiggerConfig) (CommentUpdater, error) {
-	if config.CommentRenderMode == digger_config.CommentRenderModeBasic {
+func (c CommentUpdaterProviderBasic) Get(renderMode string) (CommentUpdater, error) {
+	if renderMode == digger_config.CommentRenderModeBasic {
 		return BasicCommentUpdater{}, nil
-	} else if config.CommentRenderMode == digger_config.CommentRenderModeGroupByModule {
+	} else if renderMode == digger_config.CommentRenderModeGroupByModule {
 
 		commentUpdater := BasicCommentUpdater{}
 		return commentUpdater, nil
 	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown comment render mode found: %v", config.CommentRenderMode)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown comment render mode found: %v", renderMode)
 	}
 }