diff --git a/contrib/make_nightly_build b/contrib/make_nightly_build
index b24b241..b6aaf05 100755
--- a/contrib/make_nightly_build
+++ b/contrib/make_nightly_build
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ last_nightly_version=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases/late
     exit 1
 }
 
+local_version="$(git --git-dir $BASEDIR/.git describe)"
+if [ "$local_version" == "$last_nightly_version" ] ; then
+    echo "$title is already at version $last_nightly_version"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "building $title version $local_version..."
+echo
 echo running tests...
 
 ./zig build test
@@ -99,4 +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/*