diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-basex.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-basex.yaml
index 943d96e..e15f456 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci-basex.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-basex.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build package
       run: |
-        ls -l
         basex scripts/make-fat-jar.xq
 
     - name: Run BaseX Tests
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/trigger/release b/.gitea/workflows/trigger/release
index 67b1543..8bac943 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/trigger/release
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/trigger/release
@@ -1 +1 @@
-30/1/2025..............
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+30/1/2025...............
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diff --git a/scripts/build.xqm b/scripts/build.xqm
index 4e53ba3..c658a5b 100644
--- a/scripts/build.xqm
+++ b/scripts/build.xqm
@@ -63,5 +63,11 @@ as empty-sequence(){
 for $f in $urls
 let $dest:=$destdir || replace($f,"^.*/","") 
 where not(file:exists($dest))
-return file:write-binary($dest, fetch:binary(resolve-uri($f,$build:REPO)=>trace("Download: ")))
+return build:write-binary($dest, fetch:binary(resolve-uri($f,$build:REPO)=>trace("Download: ")))
+};
+
+declare function build:write-binary($dest as xs:string,$contents)
+as empty-sequence{
+file:create-dir(file:parent($dest)),
+file:write-binary($dest,$contents)
 };
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diff --git a/scripts/make-fat-jar.xq b/scripts/make-fat-jar.xq
index 2ae15b6..184c75b 100644
--- a/scripts/make-fat-jar.xq
+++ b/scripts/make-fat-jar.xq
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ let $name:=replace($config?main-class,"\.","/") || ".xqm"
 let $content:=file:read-binary($config?base || "src/Pdfbox3.xqm")
 let $fat-jar:=archive:update($fat-jar, $name,$content)
 let $output-file := file:resolve-path($config?output,$config?base)
-return (file:write-binary($output-file, $fat-jar),
+return (build:write-binary($output-file, $fat-jar),
         trace($output-file,"fat jar: "))
   
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