diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/release-artifacts.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/release-artifacts.yaml
index 0007c3ca..c8759a47 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/release-artifacts.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/release-artifacts.yaml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Print environment info
         run: dotnet --info
       - name: Build release artifacts
-        run: make release-artifacts "ARCHIVE_BASENAME=$REPO" "ARCHIVE_VERSION=$VERSION" VERBOSE=true DEP_VULN_WERROR=true
+        run: make release-artifacts "ARCHIVE_BASENAME=$REPO" "ARCHIVE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION" VERBOSE=true DEP_VULN_WERROR=true
         env:
           REPO: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-          VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/release-action@main
         with:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7752abd7..553aaf1b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ ARTIFACT_CMD      = tar caf ${ARTIFACT_DIR}/${ARCHIVE_FILENAME} --transform 's,^
 
 --release-pre:
 	@echo 'Compiling database model...'
-	@dotnet tool install -g dotnet-ef > /dev/null
-	@dotnet dotnet ef -p Iceshrimp.Backend dbcontext optimize -o Core/Database/Model --suffix '.g' > /dev/null
+	@dotnet tool install --tool-path ./bin dotnet-ef > /dev/null
+	@./bin/dotnet-ef -p Iceshrimp.Backend dbcontext optimize -o Core/Database/Model --suffix '.g' > /dev/null
 	@echo 'Building release artifacts for targets: ${RELEASE_TARGETS}'
 	@echo 'This will take a while.'
 	@echo