diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
index e3148be..f1f04f9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -17,18 +17,11 @@ jobs:
         goarch: [amd64, arm64]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5
-        with:
-          submodules: false
-
-      - name: Checkout submodules with auth
         run: |
-          git submodule init
-          git config submodule.app.url "https://${{ secrets.USERNAME }}:${{ secrets.TOKEN }}@git.datadunia.com/hainzero/WGRplane.git"
+          git config --global http.extraHeader "Authorization: Bearer ${{ gitea.token }}"
+          git pull origin ${{ gitea.ref_name }}
           git submodule update --init --recursive
-
-      - name: Debug - List app directory
-        run: ls -la app/
+          ls -la app/  # Debug: verify submodule
 
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff
@@ -64,16 +57,12 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5
-        with:
-          submodules: false
-
-      - name: Checkout submodules with auth
+      - name: Checkout code manually
         run: |
-          git submodule init
-          git config submodule.app.url "https://${{ secrets.USERNAME }}:${{ secrets.TOKEN }}@git.datadunia.com/hainzero/WGRplane.git"
+          git config --global http.extraHeader "Authorization: Bearer ${{ gitea.token }}"
+          git pull origin ${{ gitea.ref_name }}
           git submodule update --init --recursive
+          ls -la app/  # Debug: verify submodule
 
       - name: Download all artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093