diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 5762b37..323c119 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "version=$(date +'%Y.%m.%d-%H%M')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
-      # NEW STEP: Generate release notes from commits
       - name: Generate release notes
         id: release_notes
         run: |
@@ -40,18 +39,11 @@ jobs:
             COMMITS=$(git log --pretty=format:"* %s (%h)" ${LATEST_TAG}..HEAD --no-merges)
           fi
           
-          # Escape newlines and special characters for GitHub Actions
-          COMMITS="${COMMITS//'%'/'%25'}"
-          COMMITS="${COMMITS//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
-          COMMITS="${COMMITS//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
-          
-          # Create release notes with header
-          NOTES="## What's New in ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}%0A%0A"
-          NOTES+="$COMMITS"
-          
-          # Output to GitHub Actions
+          # Create release notes with header (without encoding newlines)
           echo "notes<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "$NOTES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "## What's New in ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$COMMITS" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Update plugin version
@@ -63,13 +55,16 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create ZIP archive
         run: |
-          zip -r fourthwall-store-embed.zip . -x ".git/*" ".gitea/*"
+          mkdir -p /tmp/fourthwall-store-embed
+          rsync -av --exclude=".git" --exclude=".gitea" --exclude="build" . /tmp/fourthwall-store-embed/
+          cd /tmp
+          zip -r $GITEA_WORK_DIR/fourthwall-store-embed.zip fourthwall-store-embed
 
       - name: Create Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           token: "${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}"
-          title: Fourthwall-store-embed Release ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
+          title: "Fourthwall-store-embed Release ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"
           tag_name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
           body: "${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.notes }}"
           files: |
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/update-version.yml b/.gitea/workflows/update-version.yml
index 95368e8..0d3abf4 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/update-version.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/update-version.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create plugin zip
         run: |
-          mkdir -p build
-          zip -r build/fourthwall-store-embed.zip . -x ".git/*" ".gitea/*" "build/*" "*.git*"
+          mkdir -p /tmp/fourthwall-store-embed
+          rsync -av --exclude=".git" --exclude=".gitea" --exclude="build" . /tmp/fourthwall-store-embed/
+          cd /tmp
+          zip -r $GITEA_WORK_DIR/fourthwall-store-embed.zip fourthwall-store-embed
 
       - name: Upload zip to release
         uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1