diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-nightly-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-nightly-release.yaml
index 8670916..87ea7c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-nightly-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-nightly-release.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ env:
   NIGHTLY_RELEASE_DIR: build/release
 
 jobs:
+  prepare-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Publish readme
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${{ env.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_DIR }}
+          echo "ref: $GITHUB_REF"                     > ${{ env.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_DIR }}/README.md
+          echo "commit: $GITHUB_SHA"                 >> ${{ env.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_DIR }}/README.md
+          echo "date: $(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")" >> ${{ env.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_DIR }}/README.md
+
   build-nightly-release:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
@@ -49,18 +59,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cross build --target ${{ matrix.target }} --release
 
-      - name: Prepare release
-        run: |
           LURK_VERSION=$(grep -E '^version' Cargo.toml | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/"//g')
           LURK_RELEASE_NAME=lurk-v${LURK_VERSION}-nightly-${{ matrix.target }}
 
-          mkdir -p ${{ env.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_DIR }}
           mv target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/lurk ${{env.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_DIR}}/${LURK_RELEASE_NAME}
 
-          echo "ref: $GITHUB_REF"                     > ${{ env.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_DIR }}/README.md
-          echo "commit: $GITHUB_SHA"                 >> ${{ env.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_DIR }}/README.md
-          echo "date: $(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")" >> ${{ env.NIGHTLY_RELEASE_DIR }}/README.md
-
       - name: Upload Nightly Release Assets
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         env: