diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 616f227..7f660a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         id: changelog
         uses: TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action@v3
         with:
-          # github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
           # output-file: "false"
           skip-commit: "true"
           skip-tag: "true"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 79474b9..60729ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ build-release:
 github-release:
 	bin/release
 
+github-rerelease:
+	bin/rerelease
+
 local-release: build-release
 	bin/local-release
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 620f7e7..841dcb6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ You can hit the API locally for testing using: `http localhost:9029/status`
 - Run the binary manually `swift run`
 - Copy local config `cp ./config.json ~/.config/focus/config.json`
 - Generate a new release `git tag v0.1.3 && git push --tags origin HEAD`
-- Delete last tag remotely and locally `TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0); git tag -d $TAG; git push --delete origin $TAG`
 
 ## Tests
 
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 5859357..5f20259 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-cd "${0%/*}/.." || exit
+set -e
+
+cd "${0%/*}/.."
 
 # trunk-ignore(shellcheck/SC2312)
 version=$(git tag --list | tail -n 1)
diff --git a/bin/rerelease b/bin/rerelease
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..caf08c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/rerelease
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+cd "${0%/*}/.."
+
+# delete last tag remotely and locally
+# useful when trying to get gh action releases to work
+TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+git tag -d "${TAG}"
+git push --delete origin "${TAG}"
+
+bin/release