diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index b64a408..ab95cf4 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -103,26 +103,25 @@ jobs:
           echo "Creating release for tag: $TAG"
           echo "Repository: $REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME"
           
-          # Get or create release
-          RELEASE_JSON=$(curl -s -X GET \
+          # Create release using Gitea API
+          echo "Creating new release..."
+          RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST \
             -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
-            "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/releases/tags/$TAG" 2>/dev/null || echo "{}")
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d "{\"tag_name\":\"$TAG\",\"name\":\"Release $TAG\",\"draft\":false,\"prerelease\":false}" \
+            "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/releases")
           
-          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.id // empty' 2>/dev/null)
+          # Extract release ID using grep instead of jq
+          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | grep -o '"id":[0-9]*' | head -1 | grep -o '[0-9]*')
           
           if [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ]; then
-            echo "Creating new release..."
-            RELEASE_JSON=$(curl -s -X POST \
-              -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
-              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              -d "{\"tag_name\":\"$TAG\",\"name\":\"Release $TAG\",\"draft\":false,\"prerelease\":false}" \
-              "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/releases")
-            RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.id')
-            echo "Created release ID: $RELEASE_ID"
-          else
-            echo "Using existing release ID: $RELEASE_ID"
+            echo "Failed to create release. Response:"
+            echo "$RESPONSE"
+            exit 1
           fi
           
+          echo "Created release ID: $RELEASE_ID"
+          
           # Upload all binaries
           echo "Uploading release artifacts..."
           for file in bin/*; do
@@ -130,15 +129,18 @@ jobs:
               filename=$(basename "$file")
               echo "  Uploading: $filename"
               
-              curl -s -X POST \
+              UPLOAD_RESPONSE=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -X POST \
                 -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
                 -F "attachment=@$file" \
-                "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets" > /dev/null
+                "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets")
               
-              if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-                echo "    ✓ $filename uploaded"
+              HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$UPLOAD_RESPONSE" | tail -n 1)
+              
+              if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "201" ] || [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "200" ]; then
+                echo "    ✓ $filename uploaded (HTTP $HTTP_CODE)"
               else
-                echo "    ✗ Failed to upload $filename"
+                echo "    ✗ Failed to upload $filename (HTTP $HTTP_CODE)"
+                echo "Response: $(echo "$UPLOAD_RESPONSE" | head -n -1)"
               fi
             fi
           done