diff --git a/.github/workflows/debug.yml b/.github/workflows/debug.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..497ed08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/debug.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ debug/* ]
+name: Debug
+
+jobs:
+  debug:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.16.x
+
+      - name: Checkout source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Cache go modules
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
+          key: ${{ runner.OS }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.OS }}-go-${{ env.cache-name }}-
+            ${{ runner.OS }}-go-
+
+      - name: Setup dependencies
+        run: |
+          version="0.0.0-alpha.10"
+          echo "::group::Release notes"
+          git config --global user.email "milpa+ci@un.rob.mx"
+          git config --global user.name "Milpa CI"
+          git ls-remote | awk '/refs\/notes/ {print $2}' | while read -r noteKind; do
+            git pull --rebase origin "$noteKind"
+          done
+
+          mkdir -p dist
+          git show "${version}" | awk '/^commit /{exit} f; /^Date: /{f=1}' > dist/release-notes.md
+          cat dist/release-notes.md
+          wc -c dist/release-notes.md
+          echo "::endgroup::"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index c2c2cc8..8e02098 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup dependencies
         run: |
+          version="${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
+          echo "version is $version"
           echo "::group::install upx"
           curl -LO https://github.com/upx/upx/releases/download/v3.96/upx-3.96-amd64_linux.tar.xz
           tar xf upx-3.96-amd64_linux.tar.xz
@@ -41,17 +43,22 @@ jobs:
           go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=CI" -o compa
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
-          echo "::group::pull notes"
-          git config --global user.email "milpa+ci@un.rob.mx"
-          git config --global user.name "Milpa CI"
-          git ls-remote | awk '/refs\/notes/ {print $2}' | while read -r noteKind; do
-            git pull --rebase origin "$noteKind"
-          done
+          echo "::group::Release notes"
+          mkdir -p dist
+          refURL=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/unRob/milpa/git/refs/tags/$version" |
+            jq -r .object.url)
+          curl --silent --show-error --fail \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" "$refURL" |
+              jq -r '.message' > dist/release-notes.md
+
+          wc -c dist/release-notes.md
+          cat dist/release-notes.md
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
           go get -u github.com/mitchellh/gox
 
-
       - name: create release
         id: build
         env:
@@ -76,17 +83,11 @@ jobs:
           $(pwd)/milpa release build "${version}"
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
-          echo "::group::Setting release notes"
-          echo "RELEASE_NOTES<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          git show "${version}" | awk '/^commit /{exit} f; /^Date: /{f=1}' | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "EOF" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         with:
-          body: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
+          body_path: dist/release-notes.md
           files: |
             dist/*.tgz
             dist/*.shasum
diff --git a/repos/internal/commands/release/build.sh b/repos/internal/commands/release/build.sh
index 6c3e2c7..96028b1 100644
--- a/repos/internal/commands/release/build.sh
+++ b/repos/internal/commands/release/build.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ for pair in "${MILPA_ARG_TARGETS[@]//\//-}"; do
   rm -rf "${output:?}/$pair"
 
   cp -rv ./milpa ./.milpa LICENSE.txt README.md CHANGELOG.md "$dist_dir/"
-  tar -czf "$package" -C "$dist_dir/" milpa || @milpa.fail "Could not archive $package"
+  rm -rf "$package"
+  tar -czf "$package" -C "$(dirname "$dist_dir")" milpa || @milpa.fail "Could not archive $package"
   openssl dgst -sha256 "$package" | awk '{print $2}' > "${package##.tgz}.shasum" || @milpa.fail "Could not generate shasum for $package"
 done
 @milpa.log success "Archives generated"