diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 856271f..987ef1f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          # Extract version from built artifact filename
-          $nsis = "src-tauri\target\release\bundle\nsis"
-          $setupExe = Get-ChildItem "$nsis\Cinny_*_x64-setup.exe" | Select-Object -First 1
-          $VERSION = $setupExe.Name -replace 'Cinny_(.+)_x64-setup\.exe','$1'
+          # Read version from tauri.conf.json — no fragile filename parsing
+          $VERSION = (Get-Content "src-tauri\tauri.conf.json" | ConvertFrom-Json).version
           Write-Host "Version: $VERSION"
 
           # Get or create the latest release
@@ -59,9 +57,9 @@ jobs:
 
           $nsis = "src-tauri\target\release\bundle\nsis"
           $files = @(
-            "$nsis\Cinny_${VERSION}_x64-setup.exe",
-            "$nsis\Cinny_${VERSION}_x64-setup.nsis.zip",
-            "$nsis\Cinny_${VERSION}_x64-setup.nsis.zip.sig"
+            "$nsis\Lotus Chat_${VERSION}_x64-setup.exe",
+            "$nsis\Lotus Chat_${VERSION}_x64-setup.nsis.zip",
+            "$nsis\Lotus Chat_${VERSION}_x64-setup.nsis.zip.sig"
           )
           $names = @("LotusChat-x86_64-setup.exe", "LotusChat-x86_64-setup.nsis.zip", "LotusChat-x86_64-setup.nsis.zip.sig")
           for ($i = 0; $i -lt $files.Length; $i++) {
@@ -120,17 +118,20 @@ jobs:
           TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ''
           NODE_OPTIONS: '--max_old_space_size=4096'
-        run: npm run tauri -- build
+        # AppImage requires downloading AppRun from GitHub which times out in this runner.
+        # Build deb only; AppImage can be re-enabled once network access to GitHub is confirmed.
+        run: npm run tauri -- build -- --bundles deb
 
       - name: Upload to release
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          # Extract version from built artifact filename — no file reads needed
-          DEB=$(ls src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/Cinny_*_amd64.deb | head -1)
-          VERSION=$(basename "$DEB" | sed 's/Cinny_\(.*\)_amd64\.deb/\1/')
+          # Read version from tauri.conf.json — no fragile filename parsing
+          VERSION=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('src-tauri/tauri.conf.json'))['version'])")
           echo "Version: $VERSION"
 
+          DEB="src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/Lotus Chat_${VERSION}_amd64.deb"
+
           # Get or create the latest release
           RELEASE=$(curl -sf "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/latest" \
             -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" 2>/dev/null || true)
@@ -143,15 +144,10 @@ jobs:
               | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['id'])")
           fi
 
-          APPIMAGE="src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage/Cinny_${VERSION}_amd64.AppImage"
           for file in \
-            "LotusChat-x86_64.deb|$DEB" \
-            "LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage|${APPIMAGE}" \
-            "LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage.tar.gz|${APPIMAGE}.tar.gz" \
-            "LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage.tar.gz.sig|${APPIMAGE}.tar.gz.sig"; do
+            "LotusChat-x86_64.deb|$DEB"; do
             name="${file%%|*}"
             path="${file##*|}"
-            # Delete existing asset with same name if present
             existing_id=$(curl -sf "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets" \
               -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
               | python3 -c "import sys,json; assets=json.load(sys.stdin); print(next((str(a['id']) for a in assets if a['name']=='$name'), ''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
@@ -181,7 +177,6 @@ jobs:
           BASE="$GITEA_URL/LotusGuild/cinny-desktop/releases/download/latest"
 
           WIN_SIG=$(curl -sf "$BASE/LotusChat-x86_64-setup.nsis.zip.sig")
-          LINUX_SIG=$(curl -sf "$BASE/LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage.tar.gz.sig")
 
           RELEASE=$(curl -sf "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/latest" \
             -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN")
@@ -199,10 +194,6 @@ manifest = {
         'windows-x86_64': {
             'url': '$BASE/LotusChat-x86_64-setup.nsis.zip',
             'signature': '''$WIN_SIG'''
-        },
-        'linux-x86_64': {
-            'url': '$BASE/LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage.tar.gz',
-            'signature': '''$LINUX_SIG'''
         }
     }
 }