diff --git a/contrib/make_nightly_build b/contrib/make_nightly_build
index 4552c2b..b6aaf05 100755
--- a/contrib/make_nightly_build
+++ b/contrib/make_nightly_build
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ echo > "$release_notes"
 git log "$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD" --pretty="format:%al %s" >> "$release_notes"
 cat "$release_notes"
 
-gh release create (git --git-dir $BASEDIR/.git describe) --notes-file "$release_notes" $DESTDIR/*
+gh release create "$VERSION" --repo "$repo" --notes-file "$release_notes" $DESTDIR/*