diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1516d7c..f2d7134 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.5.2
+
+Detect tags better.
+
 ## 0.5.1
 
 Initialize `pretty_env_logger` on app boot. Oops.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6d4974b..7598d7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitea-release"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "comrak",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7aae7bd..4fed248 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitea-release"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 authors = ["Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4b9fcbe..cb0c939 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.1
+0.5.2
diff --git a/src/cmd/cut.rs b/src/cmd/cut.rs
index 636857d..98e161e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cut.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/cut.rs
@@ -10,15 +10,17 @@ pub async fn run(
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let repo = git2::Repository::open(".")?;
     let tag = tag.unwrap_or(version::read_version("VERSION".into())?);
+    let vtag = format!("v{}", tag);
 
-    if git::has_tag(&repo, tag.clone())? {
+    if git::has_tag(&repo, vtag.clone())? {
         return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("what"));
     }
 
     let desc = changelog::read(fname, tag.clone())?;
     let cli = gitea::Client::new(common.server, common.token, crate::APP_USER_AGENT)?;
-    let vtag = format!("v{}", tag);
-    let repo = cli.get_repo(common.owner.clone(), common.repo.clone()).await?;
+    let repo = cli
+        .get_repo(common.owner.clone(), common.repo.clone())
+        .await?;
 
     let cr = gitea::CreateRelease {
         body: desc,