diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f2057df5aaedb33500030bee7238f72874295682..b80c2f6c642fd96399921d44497c1791a9cefe86 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
     - tag
     - release
 
-  debug:
-    tags:
-      - nixos
-    stage: tag  
-    script:
-      - export
+  # if you want to debug the ci pipeline, uncomment the following lines
+  #debug: 
+  #  tags:
+  #    - nixos
+  #  stage: tag  
+  #  script:
+  #    - export
 
   tag-it:
     tags:
diff --git a/devenv.nix b/devenv.nix
index 3f539d11b0974c1677a6ca856362a43b03c013e2..b04d996507db9755b33a017f24755013f28394cd 100644
--- a/devenv.nix
+++ b/devenv.nix
@@ -134,12 +134,13 @@ tasks:
           - tag
           - release
 
-        debug:
-          tags:
-            - nixos
-          stage: tag  
-          script:
-            - export
+        # if you want to debug the ci pipeline, uncomment the following lines
+        #debug: 
+        #  tags:
+        #    - nixos
+        #  stage: tag  
+        #  script:
+        #    - export
 
         tag-it:
           tags:
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ in {
     
     ${pkgs.git}/bin/git log --decorate=short --pretty=oneline
     
-    ${pkgs.git}/bin/git tag -a "''${NEWVERSION}" -m "chore: Release ''${NEWVERSION} - RELEASE_IT"
+    ${pkgs.git}/bin/git tag -a "''${NEWVERSION}" -m "chore: Release ''${NEWVERSION} - DO_RELEASE"
     ${pkgs.git}/bin/git push origin $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME --tags
 
   '';