diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 48c06ae..d304c9d 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 before:
   hooks:
-    # tag and push
-    - ./release_tag.pl
     # clean up/install modules
     - go mod tidy
 builds:
diff --git a/release_tag.pl b/release_tag.pl
index d94813e..4eecdba 100755
--- a/release_tag.pl
+++ b/release_tag.pl
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ while (my $l =  <$fh>) {
         die "could not tag?\n" if $? != 0;
         system ('git', 'push', 'origin', $tag);
         die "could not push tag?\n" if $? != 0;
+        exit 0;
     }
 }
 
-die "no version in version/version.go?\n";
\ No newline at end of file
+die "no version in version/version.go?\n";