diff --git a/contrib/make_nightly_build b/contrib/make_nightly_build
index e8932e4..780ac5a 100755
--- a/contrib/make_nightly_build
+++ b/contrib/make_nightly_build
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-for arg in "$@"; do
-    case "$arg" in
-    --no-github) NO_GITHUB=1 ;;
-    --no-codeberg) NO_CODEBERG=1 ;;
-    --no-flowcontrol) NO_FLOWCONTROL=1 ;;
-    esac
-done
-
 builddir="nightly-build"
 
 DESTDIR="$(pwd)/$builddir"
@@ -47,19 +39,17 @@ if [ -n "$UNPUSHED" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# get latest version tag
-last_nightly_version=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name)
+# get latest version tag from github releases api
+last_nightly_version=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name":' | cut -d'"' -f4)
 [ -z "$last_nightly_version" ] && {
     echo "failed to fetch $title latest version"
     exit 1
 }
 
 local_version="$(git --git-dir "$BASEDIR/.git" describe)"
-if [ "$1" != "--no-github" ]; then
-    if [ "$local_version" == "$last_nightly_version" ]; then
-        echo "$title is already at version $last_nightly_version"
-        exit 1
-    fi
+if [ "$local_version" == "$last_nightly_version" ]; then
+    echo "$title is already at version $last_nightly_version"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 echo
@@ -116,39 +106,10 @@ cd ..
 {
     echo "$title" "$VERSION"
     echo
-
     echo "commits:"
     echo
-    git log "${last_nightly_version}..HEAD" --pretty="format:neurocyte/$APPNAME@%h %s"
-    echo
-
-    echo "contributors to this release:"
-    git shortlog -s -n "${last_nightly_version}..HEAD"
-    echo
-
-    echo "also available at:"
-    echo "[git.flow-control.dev](https://git.flow-control.dev/neurocyte/flow-nightly/releases/tag/$VERSION)"
-    echo "[github.com](https://github.com/neurocyte/flow-nightly/releases/tag/$VERSION)"
-    echo "[flow-control.dev](https://codeberg.org/neurocyte/flow-nightly/releases/tag/$VERSION)"
 } >"$release_notes"
-
+git log "${last_nightly_version}..HEAD" --pretty="format:neurocyte/$APPNAME@%h %s" >>"$release_notes"
 cat "$release_notes"
 
-if [ -z "$NO_GITHUB" ]; then
-    echo uploading to github.com
-    gh release create "$VERSION" --repo "$repo" --notes-file "$release_notes" $DESTDIR/*
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$NO_CODEBERG" ]; then
-    ASSETS=""
-    for a in $DESTDIR/*; do
-        ASSETS="$ASSETS --asset $a"
-    done
-    echo uploading to codeberg.org
-    tea releases create --login codeberg --repo "$repo" --tag "$VERSION" --title "$title $VERSION" --note-file "$release_notes" --prerelease $ASSETS
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$NO_FLOWCONTROL" ]; then
-    echo uploading to git.flow-control.dev
-    tea releases create --login flow-control --repo "$repo" --tag "$VERSION" --title "$title $VERSION" --note-file "$release_notes" --prerelease
-fi
+gh release create "$VERSION" --repo "$repo" --notes-file "$release_notes" $DESTDIR/*