diff --git a/.woodpecker/ci.yml b/.woodpecker/ci.yml
index 5dbcc82..0cd7efc 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/ci.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/ci.yml
@@ -45,16 +45,32 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - pdf=$(ls *.pdf | head -n1)
       - tag=$(date +%F)
-      # Create the release (ignore error if it already exists)
       - |
-        curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X POST \
+        echo "Creating release for tag $tag..."
+        create_resp=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o /tmp/create.json -X POST \
           -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
           -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-          -d "{\"tag_name\": \"$tag\", \"name\": \"$tag\", \"draft\": false, \"prerelease\": false}" \
-          https://git.keligrubb.com/api/v1/repos/keligrubb/scrollsmith/releases || true
-      # Upload the PDF as a release asset
-      - |
-        curl -X POST \
+          -d "{\"tag_name\":\"$tag\",\"name\":\"$tag\"}" \
+          https://git.keligrubb.com/api/v1/repos/keligrubb/scrollsmith/releases)
+        echo "Create release HTTP status: $create_resp"
+        echo "Fetching release ID..."
+        release_id=$(curl -s \
+          -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
+          https://git.keligrubb.com/api/v1/repos/keligrubb/scrollsmith/releases/tags/$tag |
+          awk -F: '/"id"[ ]*:/ {gsub(/[^0-9]/,"",$2); print $2; exit}')
+        echo "Release ID = $release_id"
+        echo "Checking if asset $pdf already exists..."
+        assets=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
+          https://git.keligrubb.com/api/v1/repos/keligrubb/scrollsmith/releases/$release_id/assets)
+        echo "Assets response: $assets"
+        if echo "$assets" | grep -q "\"name\":\"$pdf\""; then
+          echo "Asset $pdf already uploaded, skipping."
+          exit 0
+        fi
+        echo "Uploading $pdf to release $release_id..."
+        upload_resp=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o /tmp/upload.json -X POST \
           -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
           -F "attachment=@$pdf" \
-          "https://git.keligrubb.com/api/v1/repos/keligrubb/scrollsmith/releases/$tag/assets"
+          https://git.keligrubb.com/api/v1/repos/keligrubb/scrollsmith/releases/$release_id/assets)
+        echo "Upload HTTP status: $upload_resp"
+        echo "Upload response: $(cat /tmp/upload.json)"