diff --git a/ln.build.server/ln.build.server.csproj b/ln.build.server/ln.build.server.csproj
index 1ebf9f7..eb83084 100644
--- a/ln.build.server/ln.build.server.csproj
+++ b/ln.build.server/ln.build.server.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Version>0.4.3</Version>
+    <Version>0.4.3-ci</Version>
     <Authors>Harald Wolff-Thobaben</Authors>
     <Company>l--n.de</Company>
     <Description>A simple build server scheduling builds triggered via web-hooks</Description>
diff --git a/ln.build/ln.build.csproj b/ln.build/ln.build.csproj
index 1f95eb4..996738a 100644
--- a/ln.build/ln.build.csproj
+++ b/ln.build/ln.build.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Version>0.4.3</Version>
+    <Version>0.4.3-ci</Version>
     <Authors>Harald Wolff-Thobaben</Authors>
     <Company>l--n.de</Company>
     <Description>A simple build server scheduling builds triggered via web-hooks</Description>
diff --git a/ln.build/pipeline/DeployCommand.cs b/ln.build/pipeline/DeployCommand.cs
index 6e5e578..993cccd 100644
--- a/ln.build/pipeline/DeployCommand.cs
+++ b/ln.build/pipeline/DeployCommand.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace ln.build.pipeline
             if (stage.CommandEnvironment.CIJob.Repository is Repository repository)
             {
                 SemVersion releaseVersion = (SemVersion)stage.CommandEnvironment.Get("RELEASE_VERSION");
-                if (releaseVersion != null)
+                if (releaseVersion?.IsRelease ?? false)
                 {
                     Release release = repository.GetRelease(releaseVersion.ToString());
                     if (release != null)
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ namespace ln.build.pipeline
                         stage.CommandEnvironment.Logger.Log(LogLevel.WARNING, "source repository already has release {0}", releaseVersion);
                     } else
                     {
-                        string releaseBody = "";
+                        string releaseBody = String.Format("automatic release by ln.build.server");
                         string release_ref = stage.CommandEnvironment.Get("REPO_REF");
                         if (release_ref == null)
                         {
                             stage.CommandEnvironment.Logger.Log(LogLevel.WARNING,"release: no source repository reference found. can't create release!");
                         } else 
                         {
-                            release = repository.CreateRelease(releaseVersion, releaseBody, release_ref);
+                            release = repository.CreateRelease(releaseVersion, String.Format("CI Release {0}", releaseVersion.ToString()), releaseBody, release_ref);
                             foreach (string artefact in stage.CommandEnvironment.Get("RELEASE_ARTEFACTS","").Split(':'))
                             {
                                 release.CreateOrReplaceAttachment(artefact,Path.GetFileName(artefact));
diff --git a/ln.build/repositories/Repository.cs b/ln.build/repositories/Repository.cs
index 7903d4f..314d1d4 100644
--- a/ln.build/repositories/Repository.cs
+++ b/ln.build/repositories/Repository.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace ln.build.repositories
         public abstract Release GetRelease(string tagName);
         public abstract Release GetRelease(int id);
 
-        public abstract Release CreateRelease(SemVersion releaseVersion, string body, string target_reference);
+        public abstract Release CreateRelease(SemVersion releaseVersion, string name, string body, string target_reference);
 
 
         public abstract void CommitAndPush(string message, string[] addedPaths, string[] modifiedPaths, string[] removedPaths);
diff --git a/ln.build/repositories/gitea/GiteaRepository.cs b/ln.build/repositories/gitea/GiteaRepository.cs
index 67310f0..be2a6ff 100644
--- a/ln.build/repositories/gitea/GiteaRepository.cs
+++ b/ln.build/repositories/gitea/GiteaRepository.cs
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ namespace ln.build.repositories.gitea
             return null;
         }
 
-        public override Release CreateRelease(SemVersion releaseVersion, string body, string target_reference)
+        public override Release CreateRelease(SemVersion releaseVersion, string name, string body, string target_reference)
         {
-            GiteaRelease giteaRelease = new GiteaRelease(this){ TagName = releaseVersion.ToString(), Body = body, TargetCommit = target_reference };
+            GiteaRelease giteaRelease = new GiteaRelease(this){ TagName = releaseVersion.ToString(), Name = name, Body = body, TargetCommit = target_reference };
 
             if (HttpStatusCode.Created != Client.PostJson(giteaRelease.ToJson(), out JSONValue jsonRelease, "repos", Owner, Name, "releases"))
                 throw new Exception(string.Format("release could not be created => {0}", giteaRelease.ToJson()));