diff --git a/scripts/create-release.sh b/scripts/create-release.sh
index 7cb6a85..f94313c 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,4 @@ git add README.md direnvrc templates/flake/.envrc
 git commit -m "bump version ${version}"
 git tag -e "${version}"
 
-echo "now run 'git push --tags origin master'"
-echo "Than create a release: https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/releases"
-echo "and run ./scripts/update-checksum.sh"
+echo "now run 'git push --tags origin master && ./scripts/update-checksum.sh'"
diff --git a/scripts/update-checksum.sh b/scripts/update-checksum.sh
index aced453..782867d 100755
--- a/scripts/update-checksum.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-checksum.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ set -euo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.."
 
-tag=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/nix-community/nix-direnv/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
+tag=$(git describe --tags | cut -d- -f1)
 sha256=$(direnv fetchurl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/${tag}/direnvrc" | grep -m1 -o 'sha256-.*')
 
 sed -i README.md templates/flake/.envrc -e "s!sha256-.*!${sha256}\"!"
 git add README.md templates/flake/.envrc
 git commit -m "update fetchurl checksum"
-#git push
+echo "Now run: git push"
+echo "And create a release at https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/releases for version ${tag}"