diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-bcards.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-bcards.yml
index 8ba6b7e..fc29731 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-bcards.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-bcards.yml
@@ -562,8 +562,14 @@ jobs:
     - name: Prepare release stack manifest
       run: |
         mkdir -p artifacts
-        export BCARDS_IMAGE=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-        envsubst '$BCARDS_IMAGE' < deploy/docker-stack.release.yml > artifacts/docker-stack.release.yml
+        BCARDS_IMAGE=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+
+        # Replace ${BCARDS_IMAGE} with actual image name using sed
+        sed "s|\${BCARDS_IMAGE}|${BCARDS_IMAGE}|g" deploy/docker-stack.release.yml > artifacts/docker-stack.release.yml
+
+        echo "🔧 Generated manifest with image: ${BCARDS_IMAGE}"
+        echo "📄 Manifest content:"
+        head -10 artifacts/docker-stack.release.yml
 
     - name: Deploy to release swarm
       run: |