diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml
index 6383458..1fcbb51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Bump version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      new_version: ${{ steps.output_version.outputs.new_version }}
+      new_version: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_version }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ jobs:
           sudo singularity build build/container.sif scripts/singularity_build.def
       - name: Login and Deploy Container
         run: |
+          if [[ ! -n ${{ jobs.tag.outputs.new_version }} ]]; then
+            echo "Tag is empty" && exit 1
+          else
+            echo "Tag is not empty"
+          fi
           echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | singularity remote login -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin oras://ghcr.io
-          singularity push build/container.sif oras://ghcr.io/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}:${{ needs.tag.outputs.new_version }}
+          singularity push build/container.sif oras://ghcr.io/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}:${{ jobs.tag.outputs.new_version }}
           singularity push build/container.sif oras://ghcr.io/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}:latest