diff --git a/.github/scripts/release-snapshot.sh b/.github/scripts/release-snapshot.sh
index da4d0a8df..74f5596ce 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/release-snapshot.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release-snapshot.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -ex
 
 find . -name "*.jar"
+find . -name "*.asc"
 
 TAG="snapshot"
 DATE_TIME_UTC=$(date -u +"%F at %T (UTC)")
@@ -31,8 +32,6 @@ if [[ -e "build/publications/maven/module.json.asc" ]]; then
   cp "build/libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-javadoc.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-SNAPSHOT-javadoc.jar.asc"
   cp "build/libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar.asc"
   cp "build/libs/plantuml-pdf-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-pdf-SNAPSHOT.jar.asc"
-  ls -l build/libs
-  ls -l plantuml-mit/build/libs
   cp "plantuml-mit/build/libs/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-mit-SNAPSHOT.jar.asc"
   cp "plantuml-mit/build/libs/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-mit-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar.asc"
 fi
diff --git a/.github/scripts/release.sh b/.github/scripts/release.sh
index 96ffbe094..c713160e5 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release.sh
@@ -1,33 +1,36 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -ex
 
-RELEASE_DIR="build/github_release"
+find . -name "*.jar"
+find . -name "*.asc"
 
-mkdir "${RELEASE_DIR}"
+mkdir "github_release"
 
-ln -s "../libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar"                  "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml.jar"
-ln -s "../libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar"                  "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar"
-ln -s "../libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-javadoc.jar"          "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-javadoc.jar"
-ln -s "../libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar"          "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar"
-ln -s "../libs/plantuml-pdf-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar"              "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-pdf-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar"
-#ln -s "../libs/plantuml-linux-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}"          "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-linux-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}"
-#ln -s "../libs/plantuml-darwin-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}"         "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-darwin-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}"
-#ln -s "../libs/plantuml-win-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}.exe"        "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-win-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}.exe"
-#ln -s "../plantuml-mit/build/libs/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar"              "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar"
-#ln -s "../plantuml-mit/build/libs/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar"      "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar"
+cp "build/libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar" "github_release/plantuml.jar"
+cp "build/libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar" "github_release/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar"
+cp "build/libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-javadoc.jar" "github_release/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-javadoc.jar"
+cp "build/libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar" "github_release/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar"
+cp "build/libs/plantuml-pdf-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar" "github_release/plantuml-pdf-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar"
+#cp "build/libs/plantuml-linux-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}" "github_release/plantuml-linux-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+#cp "build/libs/plantuml-darwin-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}" "github_release/plantuml-darwin-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+#cp "build/libs/plantuml-win-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}.exe" "github_release/plantuml-win-amd64-${RELEASE_VERSION}.exe"
+cp "plantuml-mit/build/libs/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar" "github_release/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar"
+cp "plantuml-mit/build/libs/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar" "github_release/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar"
 
 if [[ -e "build/publications/maven/module.json.asc" ]]; then
   # signatures are optional so that forked repos can release snapshots without needing a gpg signing key
-  ln -s "../libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc"            "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml.jar.asc"
-  ln -s "../libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc"            "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc"
-  ln -s "../libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-javadoc.jar.asc"    "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-javadoc.jar.asc"
-  ln -s "../libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar.asc"    "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar.asc"
-  ln -s "../libs/plantuml-pdf-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc"        "${RELEASE_DIR}/plantuml-pdf-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc"
+  cp "build/libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml.jar.asc"
+  cp "build/libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc"
+  cp "build/libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-javadoc.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-javadoc.jar.asc"
+  cp "build/libs/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar.asc"
+  cp "build/libs/plantuml-pdf-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-pdf-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc"
+  cp "plantuml-mit/build/libs/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}.jar.asc"
+  cp "plantuml-mit/build/libs/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar.asc" "github_release/plantuml-mit-${RELEASE_VERSION}-sources.jar.asc"
 fi
 
 gh release create \
   --target "${GITHUB_SHA}" \
   --title "${TAG}" \
-  "${TAG}" ${RELEASE_DIR}/*
+  "${TAG}" github_release/*
 
 echo "::notice title=::Released at ${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/tag/${TAG} 🎉"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index de3b60a80..6e3c08d73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "This run will NOT make a release"
           fi
-          echo "do_test=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "do_test=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   # We run the tests on many OS / Java combinations but also the Compile step because some users build
   # their own jars from source, so it is good for CI to check that is working on all combinations.