diff --git a/.github/workflows/compile-papers.yml b/.github/workflows/compile-papers.yml
index 6a58268..7479713 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compile-papers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compile-papers.yml
@@ -23,15 +23,18 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   compile-pdfs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: texlive/texlive:latest
-    
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Install LaTeX
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y texlive-full
+
       - name: Compile all LaTeX papers
         run: |
           mkdir -p pdfs
@@ -74,19 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           name: compiled-papers
           path: pdfs/*.pdf
           retention-days: 90
-      
-      - name: Create release with PDFs
-        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          tag_name: papers-${{ github.sha }}
-          name: Zen Papers - ${{ github.sha }}
-          files: pdfs/*.pdf
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      
+
       - name: Commit PDFs back to repository
         if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         run: |