diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 0b39365..b9b83f7 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: "Creates a pull request on a Gitea repository via the REST API"
 
 inputs:
   gitea_url:
-    description: "Base URL of the Gitea instance"
+    description: "Base URL of the Gitea instance. Empty uses the current instance."
     required: false
     default: ""
   repository:
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ inputs:
     description: "Target branch"
     required: false
     default: "main"
-  allow_existing:
-    description: "If a matching open PR already exists, succeed and return it instead of failing"
-    required: false
-    default: "true"
 
 outputs:
   number:
@@ -54,113 +50,39 @@ runs:
 
         GITEA_URL="${{ inputs.gitea_url }}"
         GITEA_URL="${GITEA_URL:-${{ github.server_url }}}"
-
+        GITEA_URL="${GITEA_URL%/}"
         REPOSITORY="${{ inputs.repository }}"
         REPOSITORY="${REPOSITORY:-${{ github.repository }}}"
-
         TOKEN="${{ inputs.token }}"
         TITLE="${{ inputs.title }}"
         BODY="${{ inputs.body }}"
         HEAD="${{ inputs.head }}"
         BASE="${{ inputs.base }}"
         BASE="${BASE:-main}"
-        ALLOW_EXISTING="${{ inputs.allow_existing }}"
-        ALLOW_EXISTING="${ALLOW_EXISTING:-true}"
 
-        if [[ ! "${REPOSITORY}" =~ ^[^/]+/[^/]+$ ]]; then
-          echo "::error::repository must be owner/repo, got: ${REPOSITORY}"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-
-        API_BASE="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${REPOSITORY}"
-        AUTH_HEADER="Authorization: token ${TOKEN}"
+        PAYLOAD="$(jq -n --arg title "$TITLE" --arg body "$BODY" --arg head "$HEAD" --arg base "$BASE" \
+          '{title: $title, body: $body, head: $head, base: $base}')"
+        RESPONSE=/tmp/gitea-pr.json
 
         echo "::notice::Creating pull request ${REPOSITORY}: ${HEAD} -> ${BASE}"
 
-        PAYLOAD="$(
-          jq -n \
-            --arg title "${TITLE}" \
-            --arg body "${BODY}" \
-            --arg head "${HEAD}" \
-            --arg base "${BASE}" \
-            '{title: $title, body: $body, head: $head, base: $base}'
-        )"
-
-        HTTP_CODE="$(
-          curl \
-            --silent \
-            --show-error \
-            --output /tmp/gitea-pr-response \
-            --write-out "%{http_code}" \
+        STATUS="$(
+          curl -sS -o "$RESPONSE" -w "%{http_code}" \
             -X POST \
-            -H "${AUTH_HEADER}" \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            --data "${PAYLOAD}" \
-            "${API_BASE}/pulls"
+            --data "$PAYLOAD" \
+            "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${REPOSITORY}/pulls"
         )"
 
-        echo "::group::Gitea pull request API response"
-        echo "HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}"
-        cat /tmp/gitea-pr-response
-        echo
-        echo "::endgroup::"
+        if [ "$STATUS" != 201 ]; then
+          cat "$RESPONSE"
+          echo "::error::create failed with HTTP ${STATUS}"
+          exit 1
+        fi
 
-        write_outputs() {
-          local response_file="$1"
-          local number url html_url
-          number="$(jq -r '.number // empty' "${response_file}")"
-          url="$(jq -r '.url // empty' "${response_file}")"
-          html_url="$(jq -r '.html_url // empty' "${response_file}")"
-
-          if [ -z "${number}" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Could not parse pull request number from API response"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          echo "number=${number}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-          echo "url=${url}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-          echo "html_url=${html_url}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-          echo "::notice::Pull request #${number}: ${html_url}"
-        }
-
-        case "${HTTP_CODE}" in
-          201)
-            write_outputs /tmp/gitea-pr-response
-            ;;
-          *)
-            if [ "${ALLOW_EXISTING}" = "true" ]; then
-              echo "::notice::Create failed with HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}. Checking for an existing open pull request."
-
-              EXISTING_CODE="$(
-                curl \
-                  --silent \
-                  --show-error \
-                  --output /tmp/gitea-pr-existing \
-                  --write-out "%{http_code}" \
-                  -H "${AUTH_HEADER}" \
-                  "${API_BASE}/pulls?state=open&head=${HEAD}"
-              )"
-
-              if [ "${EXISTING_CODE}" -eq 200 ]; then
-                MATCH="$(
-                  jq \
-                    --arg head "${HEAD}" \
-                    --arg base "${BASE}" \
-                    '[.[] | select((.head.ref == $head or .head.label == $head) and .base.ref == $base)] | .[0] // empty' \
-                    /tmp/gitea-pr-existing
-                )"
-
-                if [ -n "${MATCH}" ]; then
-                  echo "${MATCH}" > /tmp/gitea-pr-response
-                  echo "::notice::Open pull request already exists. Reusing it."
-                  write_outputs /tmp/gitea-pr-response
-                  exit 0
-                fi
-              fi
-            fi
-
-            echo "::error::Failed to create pull request with HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}"
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-        esac
+        NUMBER="$(jq -r '.number' "$RESPONSE")"
+        echo "number=${NUMBER}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        echo "url=$(jq -r '.url' "$RESPONSE")" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        echo "html_url=$(jq -r '.html_url' "$RESPONSE")" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        echo "::notice::Pull request #${NUMBER}: $(jq -r '.html_url' "$RESPONSE")"