diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d394d72..6e5496f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,8 +33,17 @@ clean-build: ## clean build artifacts
 .PHONY: publish
 publish: ## publish a release to pypi.
 	@echo "🚀 Publishing: Dry run."
-	@poetry config pypi-token.pypi $(PYPI_TOKEN)
-	@poetry publish --dry-run
+	@echo "🚀 Configuring pypi token."
+	@PYPI_TOKEN=$$(grep -A 1 pypi ~/.pypirc | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $$3}'); \
+	if [ -z "$$PYPI_TOKEN" ]; then \
+		echo "🚀 No PYPI_TOKEN found in ~/.pypirc"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	else \
+		echo "🚀 Found PYPI_TOKEN in ~/.pypirc"; \
+	fi; \
+	poetry config pypi-token.pypi $$PYPI_TOKEN;
+	@echo "🚀 Publishing dry run."
+	poetry publish --dry-run
 	@echo "🚀 Publishing."
 	@poetry publish
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ef2f153..9f7eb9d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "llm_strategy"
-version = "2.1.1"
+version = "2.2.0"
 description = "Directly Connecting Python to LLMs - Dataclasses & Interfaces <-> LLMs"
 authors = ["Andreas Kirsch, Daedalus Lab Ltd <blackhc@gmail.com>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/blackhc/llm-strategy"