diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 024a5017..c8b97f40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # This manually started workflow builds PDFs and eBooks and creates a new release with these assets.
-# Build part is copied from make.yml .
-
 name: "Create Release"
 
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_dispatch: # manual triggering
     inputs:
       version_number:
         description: "Version number"
@@ -27,28 +25,42 @@ jobs:
 
       # steps are copied from make.yml
 
-      - name: Checkout repository
+      - name: checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 1 # 0 if you want to push to repo
 
-      - name: Python set up
+      - name: caching LaTeX files
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            chapters/*.aux
+            hpmor*.aux
+            hpmor*.fdb_latexmk
+            hpmor*.fls
+            hpmor*.out
+            hpmor*.pdf
+            hpmor*.toc
+            hpmor*.xdv
+          key: tex-cache
+
+      - name: python set up
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
           # cache: "pip"
 
-      - name: Python cache set up
+      - name: python cache set up
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ${{ env.pythonLocation }}
           key: ${{ env.pythonLocation }}-py-cache
 
-      - name: Check of chapters for known issues
+      - name: check chapters for known issues
         run: python3 scripts/check_chapters.py
 
-      - name: Check pre-commit tests
+      - name: check pre-commit tests
         uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
 
       - name: install requirements
@@ -60,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: make eBooks
         run: sh scripts/make_ebooks.sh
 
-      - name: "create release"
+      - name: publish release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: "${{ inputs.version_number }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make.yml b/.github/workflows/make.yml
index 764d1edf..904b09c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make.yml
@@ -13,16 +13,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
-      - name: print start date
-        run: date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M
-
       - name: checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 1 # 0 if you want to push to repo
 
-      - name: caching LaTeX output
+      - name: caching LaTeX files
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       #     pwd
       #     ls -al
 
-      - name: check of chapters for known issues
+      - name: check chapters for known issues
         run: python3 scripts/check_chapters.py
 
       - name: check pre-commit tests
@@ -83,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           ls -al
 
       - name: upload files to release WorkInProgress
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: WorkInProgress
           prerelease: true
@@ -92,6 +89,3 @@ jobs:
             ./hpmor.epub
             ./hpmor.mobi
             ./hpmor.fb2
-
-      - name: print end date
-        run: date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M