diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-tags.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-tags.yml
index a0995d82..842543ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-tags.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-tags.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           file: neodb.env.example
           tag: ${{ github.ref }}
-      - run zip -r neodb-takahe.zip neodb-takahe -x '.git'
+      - name: snapshot takahe code
+        run: zip -r neodb-takahe-`cd neodb-takahe; git rev-parse --short HEAD`.zip neodb-takahe -x '.git'
       - uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}