diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deb.yml b/.github/workflows/build-deb.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 42d6b4a7..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build-deb.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-name: Build .deb
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
-
-jobs:
-  package:
-    name: Create .deb
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-    - name: 🐧 install Inkscape
-      run: |
-        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable -y  # inkscape 1.1 from https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/+archive/ubuntu/stable
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get -y install inkscape
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
-    - name: Branch name
-      id: branch_name
-      run: |
-        echo ::set-output name=SOURCE_NAME::${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}
-        echo ::set-output name=SOURCE_BRANCH::${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}
-        echo ::set-output name=SOURCE_TAG::${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
-        echo ::set-output name=SOURCE_TAG_VERSION::$( echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/} | sed -e 's/^v//' )
-        echo ::set-output name=SOURCE_SOURCE_VERSION::$( python3 ./sendto_silhouette.py --version )
-    - name: build .deb Package
-      run: |
-        make dist
-#    - name: branch_version
-#      env:
-#          SOURCE_NAME: ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.SOURCE_NAME }}
-#          SOURCE_BRANCH: ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.SOURCE_BRANCH }}
-#          SOURCE_TAG: ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.SOURCE_TAG }}
-#          SOURCE_TAG_VERSION: ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.SOURCE_TAG_VERSION }}
-#      run: |
-#          echo $SOURCE_NAME
-#          echo $SOURCE_BRANCH
-#          echo $SOURCE_TAG
-#          echo $SOURCE_TAG_VERSION
-    - name: Upload .deb Package
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-      with:
-        name: inkscape-silhouette_${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.SOURCE_SOURCE_VERSION }}-1_all.deb
-        path: distribute/out/inkscape-silhouette_${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.SOURCE_SOURCE_VERSION }}-1_all.deb
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66d64c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Create Release Package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: 🐧 Install Inkscape
+      run: |
+        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable -y  # inkscape 1.2 from https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/+archive/ubuntu/stable
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get -y install inkscape
+        sudo apt-get -y install checkinstall libxml-xpath-perl  # xpath
+        inkscape --version
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - name: Branch name
+      id: branch_name
+      run: |
+        echo ::set-output name=TAG_VERSION::$( echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/} | sed -e 's/^v//' )
+        echo ::set-output name=SOURCE_VERSION::$( python ./sendto_silhouette.py --version )
+        echo ::set-output name=INX_VERSION::$( xpath -q -e '//*[@name="about_version"]/text()' sendto_silhouette.inx | sed -e 's/^version //i' )
+    - name: Version Check
+      env:
+          TAG_VERSION: ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.TAG_VERSION }}
+          SOURCE_VERSION: ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.SOURCE_VERSION }}
+          INX_VERSION: ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.INX_VERSION }}
+      run: |
+          echo "::notice::tag version: $TAG_VERSION"
+          echo "::notice::source version: $SOURCE_VERSION"
+          echo "::notice::inx version: $INX_VERSION"
+          [ "$SOURCE_VERSION" == "$INX_VERSION" ] || ( echo "::error::Error: source version and .inx version differ" && exit 1 )
+          [ "$SOURCE_VERSION" == "$TAG_VERSION" ] || ( echo "::error::Error: source version and git tag differ" && exit 1 )
+    - name: Build Release Package
+      run: |
+        make dist
+#    - name: Upload .deb Package
+#      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+#      with:
+#        name: inkscape-silhouette_${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.SOURCE_SOURCE_VERSION }}-1_all.deb
+#        path: distribute/out/inkscape-silhouette_${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.SOURCE_SOURCE_VERSION }}-1_all.deb
+    - name: Release
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+      with:
+        draft: true
+        files: |
+          distribute/out/*
diff --git a/distribute/distribute.sh b/distribute/distribute.sh
index b81c69ee..e6d47457 100755
--- a/distribute/distribute.sh
+++ b/distribute/distribute.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-echo "Determining Version:"
-VERSION=$(python3 ../sendto_silhouette.py --version)
-
 test -e /usr/bin/xpath || sudo apt-get install libxml-xpath-perl
 test -e /usr/bin/checkinstall || sudo apt-get install checkinstall
 #
-# grep Version ../*.inx
-xpath -q -e '//param[@name="about_version"]/text()' ../sendto_silhouette.inx
-echo "Version should be: \"$VERSION\""
+VERSION=$( python3 ../sendto_silhouette.py --version )
+INX_VERSION=$( xpath -q -e '//*[@name="about_version"]/text()' ../sendto_silhouette.inx | sed -e 's/^version //i' ) # grep Version ../*.inx
+echo "Source version is: \"$VERSION\""
+echo "INX version is: \"$INX_VERSION\""
+test "$VERSION" = "$INX_VERSION" || ( echo "Error: python source and .inx version differ" && exit 1 )
 
 
 
diff --git a/sendto_silhouette.inx b/sendto_silhouette.inx
index 657d946e..ffb2a2bf 100644
--- a/sendto_silhouette.inx
+++ b/sendto_silhouette.inx
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Always use the least amount of blade possible.
     <page name='about' _gui-text='About'>
       <label>inkscape-silhouette extension from https://github.com/fablabnbg/inkscape-silhouette by Jürgen Weigert [juergen@fabmail.org] and contributors</label>
       <!-- Keep in sync with sendto_silhouette.py line 94 __version__ = ... -->
-      <label>Version 1.25</label>
+      <label name='about_version'>Version 1.25</label>
     </page>
   </param>