diff --git a/src/main/python/ddadevops/application/release_mixin_services.py b/src/main/python/ddadevops/application/release_mixin_services.py
index 2b094a8..546d93e 100644
--- a/src/main/python/ddadevops/application/release_mixin_services.py
+++ b/src/main/python/ddadevops/application/release_mixin_services.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ReleaseService:
         self.git_api.push_follow_tags()
 
     def publish_artifacts(self, release: Release):
-        release_response = json.loads(
+        release_id = self.__parse_forgejo_release_id__(
             self.artifact_deployment_api.create_forgejo_release(
                 release.forgejo_release_api_endpoint(),
                 release.version.to_string(),
@@ -73,12 +73,16 @@ class ReleaseService:
             self.artifact_deployment_api.calculate_checksums(artifact_path)
             self.artifact_deployment_api.add_asset_to_release(
                 "todo",
-                release_response["id"],
+                release_id,
                 "todo",
                 "todo",
                 release.release_artifact_token,
             )
 
+    def __parse_forgejo_release_id__(self, release_response: str) -> int:
+        parsed = json.loads(release_response)
+        return parsed["id"]
+
     def __set_version_and_commit__(
         self, version: Version, build_file_ids: List[str], message: str
     ):
diff --git a/src/main/python/ddadevops/infrastructure/infrastructure.py b/src/main/python/ddadevops/infrastructure/infrastructure.py
index cd5f946..d86e029 100644
--- a/src/main/python/ddadevops/infrastructure/infrastructure.py
+++ b/src/main/python/ddadevops/infrastructure/infrastructure.py
@@ -218,13 +218,13 @@ class ArtifactDeploymentApi:
     def __init__(self):
         self.execution_api = ExecutionApi()
 
-    def create_forgejo_release(self, target_url: str, tag: str, token: str):
+    def create_forgejo_release(self, api_endpoint_url: str, tag: str, token: str):
         return self.execution_api.execute_secure(
-            f'curl -X "POST" "{target_url}" '
+            f'curl -X "POST" "{api_endpoint_url}" '
             + '-H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" '
             + f'-d "{{ "body": "Provides files for release {tag} Attention: The "Source Code"-files below are not up-to-date!", "tag_name": "{tag}"}}" '  # noqa: E501
             + f'-H "Authorization: token {token}"',
-            sanitized_command=f'curl -X "POST" "{target_url}" '
+            sanitized_command=f'curl -X "POST" "{api_endpoint_url}" '
             + '-H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" '
             + f'-d "{{ "body": "Provides files for release {tag} Attention: The "Source Code"-files below are not up-to-date!", "tag_name": "{tag}"}}" ',
         )  # noqa: E501
diff --git a/src/test/python/application/test_release_mixin_services.py b/src/test/python/application/test_release_mixin_services.py
index 8e1d786..56f9ddf 100644
--- a/src/test/python/application/test_release_mixin_services.py
+++ b/src/test/python/application/test_release_mixin_services.py
@@ -40,3 +40,24 @@ def test_sould_publish_artifacts():
     release = devops.mixins[MixinType.RELEASE]
     sut.publish_artifacts(release)
     assert 2345 == mock.add_asset_to_release_id
+
+def test_sould_throw_exception_if_there_was_an_error_in_publish_artifacts():
+    devops = build_devops(
+        {
+            "release_artifacts": ["target/art"],
+            "release_artifact_server_url": "http://repo.test/",
+            "release_organisation": "orga",
+            "release_repository_name": "repo",
+        }
+    )
+    release = devops.mixins[MixinType.RELEASE]
+    
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        mock = ArtifactDeploymentApiMock(release='')
+        sut = ReleaseService(GitApiMock(), mock, BuildFileRepositoryMock())
+        sut.publish_artifacts(release)
+
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        mock = ArtifactDeploymentApiMock(release='{"message": "there was an error", "url":"some-url"}')
+        sut = ReleaseService(GitApiMock(), mock, BuildFileRepositoryMock())
+        sut.publish_artifacts(release)