diff --git a/.github/build-release.sh b/.github/build-release.sh
index 9c6f1cd0a9..30bd8f4c27 100755
--- a/.github/build-release.sh
+++ b/.github/build-release.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -eux
+
 # Build integrated version
 cd ..
 rm -rf build/
@@ -8,4 +10,4 @@ npm run build
 
 FILENAME="oc-admin-ui-$(date -u +%F).tar.gz"
 cd build
-tar -czf ../$FILENAME *
+tar -czf "../${FILENAME}" *
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 8e9ddce2fc..a9a6da5947 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ jobs:
         run: npm ci
 
       - name: create release tarball
-        run: ./.github/build-release.sh
+        working-directory: .github
+        run: ./build-release.sh
 
       - name: create new release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2