diff --git a/scripts/tag-and-publish.sh b/scripts/tag-and-publish.sh
index 649f743..17aa3f6 100755
--- a/scripts/tag-and-publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/tag-and-publish.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Get Release Notes
-version="${{ steps.package-version.outputs.VERSION }}"
+# Get version - you'll need to pass this as an argument or set it another way
+version="${1:-$(cat package.json | grep '"version":' | sed -E 's/.*"version": "([^"]+)".*/\1/')}"
 
+if [ -z "$version" ]; then
+    echo "Error: No version specified. Pass version as argument or ensure package.json exists."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Processing version: $version"
+
+# Get Release Notes
 awk -v version="$version" '
 BEGIN { found=0; content="" }
 /^# [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/ {
@@ -13,16 +21,17 @@ found { content = content $0 "\n" }
 END { printf "%s", content }
 ' CHANGELOG.md > release_notes.txt
 
-cat release_notes.txt >> $NOTES
+# Set NOTES variable to the content of release_notes.txt
+NOTES=$(cat release_notes.txt)
 
 # Create and push tag
 git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
 git config user.email "actions@github.com"
-git tag -a "${{version}}" -m "Release version ${{version}}"
-git push origin "${{version}}"
+git tag -a "$version" -m "Release version $version"
+git push origin "$version"
 
 # Create release
-gh release create "${{version}}" \
---title="${{version}}" \
---notes="${{ NOTES }}" \
+gh release create "$version" \
+--title="$version" \
+--notes="$NOTES" \
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