diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 576b756..5d55fb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-name: Kubo plugin build, test, release
+name: Kubo plugin
+
+on:
+  push:
+
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: "1.19.10" # must be same as official ipfs builds
 
 jobs:
   build-artifacts:
+    name: "Build"
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os:
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Package plugin
       run: make dist-plugin
     - name: Record Go environment
-      run: go env >> "$GITHUB_ENV"      
+      run: go env >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
     - name: Rename package
       run: |
         NAME="nopfs-kubo-plugin_${{ env.RELEASE }}_${{ env.GOHOSTOS }}_${{ env.GOHOSTARCH }}.tar.gz"
@@ -39,12 +44,14 @@ jobs:
         path: nopfs-kubo-plugin_*.tar.gz
 
   test-artifacts:
+    name: "Test"
     needs: build-artifacts
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
-          - macos-latest
+# macos test fail with dist-built ipfs.
+#          - macos-latest
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -54,31 +61,38 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
         go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-    - name: Set Kubo version
+    - name: Record variables
       run: |
         V=`cat nopfs-kubo-plugin/go.mod | grep github.com/ipfs/kubo | grep -o 'v.*'`
         echo "KUBO_VERSION=$V" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        GOHOSTOS=`go env GOHOSTOS`
+        echo "GOHOSTOS=$GOHOSTOS" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        RELEASE=$(basename ${{ github.ref_name }})
+        echo "RELEASE=$RELEASE" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo PLUGIN_ARTIFACT=nopfs-kubo-plugin_${RELEASE}_${GOHOSTOS}_amd64.tar.gz >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
     - name: Download artifact
       id: download
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: nopfs-kubo-plugin_*_${{ env.OS }}_amd64.tar.gz
+        name: ${{ env.PLUGIN_ARTIFACT }}
     - name: Download unpack Kubo
       run: |
-        wget https://dist.ipfs.tech/kubo/${{ env.KUBO_VERSION }}/kubo_${{ env.KUBO_VERSION }}_${{ env.GOHOSTOS }}-amd64.tar.gz
+        wget -nv https://dist.ipfs.tech/kubo/${{ env.KUBO_VERSION }}/kubo_${{ env.KUBO_VERSION }}_${{ env.GOHOSTOS }}-amd64.tar.gz
         tar -xf kubo_${{ env.KUBO_VERSION }}_${{ env.GOHOSTOS }}-amd64.tar.gz
-        tar -xf nopfs-kubo-plugin_*
-        cp kubo/ipfs .
-        chmod +x ipfs
+        tar -xf nopfs-kubo-plugin_*.tar.gz
+        chmod +x kubo/ipfs
     - name: Initialize IPFS and copy plugin
       run: |
         export IPFS_PATH=$(pwd)/ipfs-config
-        ipfs init
+        echo "IPFS_PATH=$IPFS_PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        ./kubo/ipfs init
+        mkdir -p ipfs-config/plugins
         cp nopfs-kubo-plugin/nopfs-kubo-plugin ipfs-config/plugins/
     - name: Check IPFS works with the plugin
-      run: ipfs version --all
+      run: ./kubo/ipfs version --all
 
   release:
+    name: "Release"
     needs: test-artifacts
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -88,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Extract release name from tag
       run: |
         RELEASE=$(basename ${{ github.ref_name }})
-        echo "RELEASE=$RELEASE" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"      
+        echo "RELEASE=$RELEASE" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
     - name: Release
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
       if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/nopfs-kubo-plugin/v')
@@ -96,8 +110,8 @@ jobs:
         files: nopfs-kubo-plugin_*.tar.gz/*
         body: |
           This is a binary build of the NOpfs Kubo plugin targeting Kubo version ${{ env.RELEASE }}.
-          
-          To install, download the relevant asset for your platform, unpack the plugin file (`nopfs-kubo-plugin`) and place it in `~/.ipfs/plugins`.
-          
+
+          To install, download the relevant asset for your platform, unpack the plugin file (`nopfs-kubo-plugin`) and place it in `~/.ipfs/plugins`. MacOS users will need to compile Kubo themselves, as the official releases have no CGO support.
+
           See the included README.md for more information.
         name: ${{ github.ref_name }}