diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5162d28..95e9138 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ jobs:
             ...context.repo,
             tag: "ci-test-${{ matrix.os }}",
           })
-          const actual = child_process.execSync(`curl -L ${release.data.assets[0].browser_download_url}`)
+          const actual = child_process.execSync(`curl -Ls ${release.data.assets[0].browser_download_url}`).file.data
           console.log(actual.toString('utf8'))
-          console.log(expected.toString('utf8'))
           assert.equal(expected, actual)
     - name: Clean up
       if: ${{ always() }}
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 685db71..d018142 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ function get_release_by_tag(tag, octokit) {
             // If this returns 404, we need to create the release first.
             if (error.status === 404) {
                 core.debug(`Release for tag ${tag} doesn't exist yet so we'll create it now.`);
-                return yield octokit.repos.createRelease(Object.assign(Object.assign({}, github.context.repo), { tag_name: tag }));
+                return yield octokit.repos.createRelease(Object.assign(Object.assign({}, github.context.repo), { tag_name: tag, draft: true, prerelease: false }));
             }
             else {
                 throw error;
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 50ebe16..40a7fa7 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async function get_release_by_tag(
         ...github.context.repo,
         tag_name: tag,
         draft: true,
-        prerelease: false,
+        prerelease: false
       })
     } else {
       throw error