diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/push_pypi.yml
index f1a8a166a..684024941 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_pypi.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           for pkg in core client; do
             localVer=$(awk -F' *= *' '/version/{gsub(/"/,"",$2);print $2}' "${pkg}/pyproject.toml")
-            curl -s "https://pypi.org/pypi/lomas-core/${localVer}/json" | jq -e -r '.last_serial'
-            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-              echo "lomas-${pkg} v${localVer} already published"
+            res=$(curl -s "https://pypi.org/pypi/lomas-${pkg}/${localVer}/json" | jq -r '.last_serial')
+            if [ "$res" = "null" ]; then
+              uv publish --check-url https://pypi.org/simple --token ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }} dist/lomas_${pkg}-${localVer}-*
             else
-              uv publish --check-url https://pypi.org/simple --token ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }} "dist/lomas_${pkg}-${localVer}-*"
+              echo "lomas-${pkg} v${localVer} already published"
             fi
           done