diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-testnet.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-testnet.yml
index 81b1b5a7ac..fc39c42155 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-testnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-testnet.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: lthn/chain:latest
+name: lthn/chain:testnet
 on:
   push:
     branches:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 3b197f5a9e..9d36a1e145 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         ${{env.CCACHE_SETTINGS}}
         ${{env.BUILD_DEFAULT_LINUX}}
-    - run: LETHEAN_RELEASE=linux make ci-release
+    - run: LETHEAN_RELEASE=linux make zip-release
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
-        name: linux-amd64
-        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/packaged/
+        name: linux.tar
+        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/linux.tar
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index 91e79e7ce0..fd58edbfc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         ${{env.CCACHE_SETTINGS}}
         make release-static-mac-x86_64 -j${HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS}
-    - run: LETHEAN_RELEASE=macOS make ci-release
+    - run: LETHEAN_RELEASE=macOS make zip-release
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
-        name: macOS-intel
-        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/packaged/
+        name: macOS.tar
+        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/macOS.tar
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 7745062baf..7606014f0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ jobs:
         ${{env.CCACHE_SETTINGS}}
         make release-static-win64-boost
         make release-static-win64 -j2
-    - run: LETHEAN_RELEASE=windows make ci-release
+    - run: LETHEAN_RELEASE=windows make zip-release
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
-        name: windows-amd64
-        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/packaged
+        name: windows.tar
+        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/windows.tar
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5118a136ba..2e19eb273f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ ci-release: # cp & chmod release/bin/lethean*) & LICENCE > build/$LETHEAN_VERSIO
 	mkdir -p build/packaged
 	cp build/$(LETHEAN_VERSION)/release/bin/* build/packaged/
 
-zip-release: # cd into packaged, zip a clean release file for an artifact
+zip-release: ci-release # cd into packaged, zip a clean release file for an artifact
 	cp LICENSE build/packaged/LICENSE
-	cd  build/packaged/ && zip -r ../$(LETHEAN_RELEASE).zip . -i *
+	cd  build/packaged/ && tar -cvf ../$(LETHEAN_RELEASE).tar .
 
 
 release-static-linux-armv6: ## arch: armv6zk