diff --git a/forgejo-release.sh b/forgejo-release.sh
index 3eab2fe..38a1b04 100755
--- a/forgejo-release.sh
+++ b/forgejo-release.sh
@@ -98,8 +98,17 @@ upload_release() {
         echo "Uploading as Stable"
     fi
     ensure_tag
-    jq --arg title "$TITLE" --arg body "$RELEASENOTES" --arg tag "$TAG" --arg pre $prerelease '{"draft": true, "name": $title, "body": $body, "prerelease": $pre }' >"$TMP_DIR"/release-payload.json
-    api POST repos/$REPO/releases -d @"$TMP_DIR"/release-payload.json >"$TMP_DIR"/release.json
+    jq -n --arg title "$TITLE" --arg body "$RELEASENOTES" --arg tag "$TAG" --arg pre $prerelease '{"draft": true, "name": $title, "body": $body, "prerelease": $pre | test("true") }' >"$TMP_DIR"/release-payload.json
+    if [ ! api POST repos/$REPO/releases -d @"$TMP_DIR"/release-payload.json >"$TMP_DIR"/release.json ]; then
+        echo "-----------------------------"
+        echo "Payload:"
+        cat "$TMP_DIR"/release-payload.json
+        echo "-----------------------------"
+        echo "Response:"
+        cat "$TMP_DIR"/release.json
+        echo "-----------------------------"
+        exit 22
+    fi
     if [ "$SKIP_ASSETS" == 'false' ]; then
         local id=$(jq --raw-output .id <"$TMP_DIR"/release.json)
         for file in "$RELEASE_DIR"/*; do