diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/check_releases.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/check_releases.yaml
index 3c439f9..5cbd1c5 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/check_releases.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/check_releases.yaml
@@ -8,27 +8,24 @@ jobs:
     env:
       TARGET_REPO_OWNER: "prefix-dev"
       TARGET_REPO_NAME: "pixi"
+      RELEASE_ARTIFACT: "pixi-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
     steps:
-      - name: Check
-        run: |
-          echo "Checking for new releases ..."
-      - name: Check for new releases in target repository
+      - name: Check for latest release on github
         id: check_release
         run: |
-          echo "--- Checking ${TARGET_REPO_OWNER}/${TARGET_REPO_NAME} for new releases ---"
+          echo "::notice::Checking ${TARGET_REPO_OWNER}/${TARGET_REPO_NAME} for new releases"
 
-          # 1. Fetch all releases and sort them by creation date descending
-          # We only need the latest release tag/date info
+          # Fetch all releases and sort them by creation date descending, we only need the latest release tag/date info
           API_OUTPUT=$(curl -s \
             "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ env.TARGET_REPO_OWNER }}/${{ env.TARGET_REPO_NAME }}/releases?per_page=1")
 
           # Check if API call failed or returned no data
           if [ "$API_OUTPUT" == '[]' ]; then
-              echo "::error:: No releases found in the target repository."
-              exit 0 # Exit successfully, but do nothing.
+              echo "::error::No releases found in the target repository."
+              exit 1
           fi
 
-          echo "${API_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "::debug::API output: ${API_OUTPUT}"
 
           # Extract the tag name and published date of the latest release
           LATEST_TAG=$(echo "${API_OUTPUT}" | jq -r '.[0].tag_name')
@@ -36,11 +33,12 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "::notice:: Found latest version: ${LATEST_TAG} published on ${PUBLISH_DATE}"
 
-          echo "::set-output name=latest_tag::${LATEST_TAG}"
-          echo "::set-output name=publish_date::${PUBLISH_DATE}"
+          # Set output variables for subsequent steps
+          echo "latest_tag=${LATEST_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "publish_date=${PUBLISH_DATE}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      # 1. Check if the release already exists on Gitea
-      - name: Check if Release Exists
+      # Check if the release already exists on Gitea
+      - name: Check if release exists
         id: check_release_exists
         run: |
           HTTP_STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
@@ -48,31 +46,27 @@ jobs:
             "${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tags/${{ steps.check_release.outputs.latest_tag }}")
 
           if [ "$HTTP_STATUS" -eq 200 ]; then
-            echo "Release already exists. Skipping step."
+            echo "::notice::Release already exists. Skipping step."
             echo "exists=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
-            echo "Release does not exist."
+            echo "::notice::Release does not exist."
             echo "exists=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
 
       - name: Download latest release
         if: steps.check_release_exists.outputs.exists != 'true'
         run: |
-          DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/download/${{ steps.check_release.outputs.latest_tag }}/pixi-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
+          DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/${{ env.TARGET_REPO_OWNER }}/${{ env.TARGET_REPO_NAME }}/releases/download/${{ steps.check_release.outputs.latest_tag }}/${{ env.RELEASE_ARTIFACT }}"
 
-          echo "Downloading latest release from $DOWNLOAD_URL ..."
-
-          curl -L -o pixi-latest.tar.gz "$DOWNLOAD_URL"
-          # tar xfvz pixi-latest.tar.gz
-          find .
-          node --version
+          echo "::notice::Downloading release from $DOWNLOAD_URL ..."
+          curl -L -o "${{ env.RELEASE_ARTIFACT }}" "$DOWNLOAD_URL"
 
       - name: Create and upload release
         if: steps.check_release_exists.outputs.exists != 'true'
-        uses: actions/gitea-release-action@v1
+        uses: actions/gitea-release-action
         with:
           name: ${{ steps.check_release.outputs.latest_tag }}
           tag_name: ${{ steps.check_release.outputs.latest_tag }}
           release_name: ${{ steps.check_release.outputs.latest_tag }}
-          body: "Release of version ${{ steps.check_release.outputs.latest_tag }} published on ${{ steps.check_release.outputs.publish_date }}"
-          files: ./pixi-latest.tar.gz
+          body: "Release ${{ steps.check_release.outputs.latest_tag }} published on ${{ steps.check_release.outputs.publish_date }}"
+          files: ./${{ env.RELEASE_ARTIFACT }}