diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ade8418..e6e79b2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.1.1
+
+### FIXED
+
+- Fixed 500 error when creating a new release
+
 ## 0.1.0
 
 This is the first release of `gitea-release`!
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2853be6..ee4bd94 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitea-release"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "byte-unit",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d3d4ca3..5df99d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitea-release"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 authors = ["Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6e8bf73..17e51c3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.0
+0.1.1
diff --git a/src/cmd/release.rs b/src/cmd/release.rs
index 9141252..f2f9d6a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/release.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/release.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(
         name: rm.name.or(Some(format!("Version {}", tag))).unwrap(),
         prerelease: rm.pre_release,
         tag_name: tag.clone(),
-        target_commitish: tag,
+        target_commitish: "HEAD".into(),
     };
 
     let resp = cli
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(
         .await?;
 
     if !resp.status().is_success() {
-        return Err(anyhow!("{:?}", resp.status()));
+        return Err(anyhow!("{:?} -> {}", resp.status(), resp.text().await?));
     }
 
     Ok(())