diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/dotnetbuild_runner.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/dotnetbuild_runner.yaml
index 8f63c80..e1e21d9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/dotnetbuild_runner.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/dotnetbuild_runner.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: setup new version
+        run: echo ${{vars.VERSION}} |awk -F. -v OFS=. '{$NF += 1 ; print}'
+        env: latest_version
+      - name: show new version
+        run: echo ${{latest_version}}
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       #- name: Get previous version
       #  run: |
@@ -18,10 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       #    https://gitea.tryton.geeraert.eu/api/v1/repos/pi-ux-ce/Simpsons_generator/actions/variables/VERSION |jq -r .data 
       #  env: previous_version
 
-      - name: setup new version
-        run: echo ${{vars.VERSION}} |awk -F. -v OFS=. '{$NF += 1 ; print}'
-        env: latest_version
-    
+
 
       - name: Setup dotnet
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test with dotnet
         run: dotnet test --logger trx --results-directory "TestResults-${{ matrix.dotnet-version }}"
       - name: Build the package
-        run: dotnet build -p:Version=$latest_version
+        run: dotnet build -p:Version=${{latest_version}}
       - name: Publish the package
         run: dotnet publish  -p:PublishSingleFile=true --self-contained false --runtime win-x64
       - name: copy the release before compression