diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4331697f4..d965bceeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Release operator
         run: |
           CHE_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          echo "CHE_VERSION=${CHE_VERSION}"
           BRANCH=${CHE_VERSION%.*}.x
-
+          echo "BRANCH=${BRANCH}"
+          
           git config --global user.name "Mykhailo Kuznietsov"
           git config --global user.email "mkuznets@redhat.com"
           export GITHUB_TOKEN=${{ secrets.CHE_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/make-release.sh b/make-release.sh
index b7ffea14c..dd5f8add2 100755
--- a/make-release.sh
+++ b/make-release.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ init() {
   command -v skopeo >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "[ERROR] skopeo is not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
   REQUIRED_OPERATOR_SDK=$(yq -r ".\"operator-sdk\"" "${RELEASE_DIR}/REQUIREMENTS")
   [[ $(operator-sdk version) =~ .*${REQUIRED_OPERATOR_SDK}.* ]] || { echo "[ERROR] operator-sdk ${REQUIRED_OPERATOR_SDK} is required. Aborting."; exit 1; }
-exit 0
   emptyDirs=$(find $RELEASE_DIR/olm/eclipse-che-preview-openshift/deploy/olm-catalog/eclipse-che-preview-openshift/* -maxdepth 0 -empty | wc -l)
   [[ $emptyDirs -ne 0 ]] && echo "[ERROR] Found empty directories into eclipse-che-preview-openshift" && exit 1 || true
   emptyDirs=$(find $RELEASE_DIR/olm/eclipse-che-preview-kubernetes/deploy/olm-catalog/eclipse-che-preview-kubernetes/* -maxdepth 0 -empty | wc -l)