diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index aed7d4554..29cc94ec9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - "v**"
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   release:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/release_linux.yml
index 73c3184cb..4b6a2a6d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_linux.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
-        output_file="appimage/${{ matrix.tool_fullname }}-$(cat VERSION)-x86_64.AppImage"
+        output_file="appimage/${{ matrix.tool_fullname }}-${{ github.ref_name }}-x86_64.AppImage"
         mv appimage/${{ matrix.tool_fullname }}-x86_64.AppImage $output_file
-        gh release upload v$(cat VERSION) $output_file
+        gh release upload ${{ github.ref_name }} $output_file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_macos.yml b/.github/workflows/release_macos.yml
index a848a0845..efd88c6d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_macos.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
-        output_file="${{ matrix.tool_fullname }}-$(cat VERSION)-x86_64.dmg"
+        output_file="${{ matrix.tool_fullname }}-${{ github.ref_name }}-x86_64.dmg"
         mv ${{ matrix.tool }}.dmg $output_file
-        gh release upload v$(cat VERSION) $output_file
+        gh release upload ${{ github.ref_name }} $output_file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_windows.yml b/.github/workflows/release_windows.yml
index 82d861314..2754c0c9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_windows.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          $version = $(Get-Content -TotalCount 1 .\VERSION)
-          $output_file = "dist/${{ matrix.tool_fullname }}-$version-x86_64.zip"
+          $output_file = "dist/${{ matrix.tool_fullname }}-${{ github.ref_name }}-x86_64.zip"
           mv dist/${{ matrix.tool_fullname }}.zip $output_file
-          gh release upload "v$version" $output_file
+          gh release upload ${{ github.ref_name }} $output_file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8cd23c3fd..d7ecbe8e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # nope.gl
 
+YOLO
+
 `nope.gl` is a graphics engine for building and rendering graph-based scenes.
 It is designed to run on both desktop (Linux, OSX, Windows) and mobile (Android,
 iOS).
diff --git a/scripts/release-changelog.py b/scripts/release-changelog.py
index 8e36e456d..5770089ce 100755
--- a/scripts/release-changelog.py
+++ b/scripts/release-changelog.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     output_lines.append(next(iter_lines))
 except StopIteration:
     print(f"Version {version} not found in the changelog", file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(1)
 
 output_lines += itertools.takewhile(lambda line: not line.startswith(f"## ["), iter_lines)