diff --git a/.builds/releases.yaml b/.builds/releases.yaml
index 255468d0bfadae23d358c9a6e201a01d0e6f3ac9..39e53841bf284b878f83a304d3fd195d9fdab8dc 100644
--- a/.builds/releases.yaml
+++ b/.builds/releases.yaml
@@ -16,5 +16,3 @@ tasks:
 - build: |
     cd $repo
     make release
-- upload-artifacts: |
-    cat 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 120137fc21811eb85a99fe5e10649c8b302a649d..ec4fa6fc6449a4f4d0b542c3b25104a757669228 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf out
 
 release: clean all
+	if ! [ -f "$HOME/.config/hut/config" ] ; then cat ~/.artifacts_token | hut init ; fi
 	hut git artifact upload out/* -r earl
 
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