diff --git a/lib/github.ts b/lib/github.ts
index f65555c0..050098ac 100644
--- a/lib/github.ts
+++ b/lib/github.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ async function fetchGitHubRepoContentFromDownloadUrl(
   downloadUrl: string
 ): Promise<void> {
   const resp = await fetchRepoFileByDownloadUrl(downloadUrl);
-  fs.writeFileSync(dest, resp.data, 'utf8');
+  const fileContents =
+    typeof resp.data === 'string'
+      ? resp.data
+      : JSON.stringify(resp.data, null, 2);
+  fs.outputFileSync(dest, fileContents, 'utf8');
 }
 
 // Writes files from a public repository to the destination folder
diff --git a/types/Utils.ts b/types/Utils.ts
index a83e4c18..64aac4b9 100644
--- a/types/Utils.ts
+++ b/types/Utils.ts
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ type Join<K, P> = K extends string | number
 export type Leaves<T> = [10] extends [never]
   ? never
   : T extends object
-  ? { [K in keyof T]-?: Join<K, Leaves<T[K]>> }[keyof T]
-  : '';
+    ? { [K in keyof T]-?: Join<K, Leaves<T[K]>> }[keyof T]
+    : '';