diff --git a/ct/manyfold.sh b/ct/manyfold.sh
index 294161a54..a7f359d5f 100644
--- a/ct/manyfold.sh
+++ b/ct/manyfold.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function update_script() {
         msg_info "Configuring manyfold environment"
         RUBY_INSTALL_VERSION=$(cat /opt/manyfold/app/.ruby-version)
         YARN_VERSION=$(grep '"packageManager":' /opt/manyfold/app/package.json | sed -E 's/.*"(yarn@[0-9\.]+)".*/\1/')
-        RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/manyfold3d/manyfold/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')
+        RELEASE=$(get_latest_github_release "manyfold3d/manyfold")
         sed -i "s/^export APP_VERSION=.*/export APP_VERSION=$RELEASE/" "/opt/manyfold/.env"
         cat <<EOF >/opt/manyfold/user_setup.sh
 #!/bin/bash
diff --git a/install/manyfold-install.sh b/install/manyfold-install.sh
index 03601ac58..500a9f71c 100644
--- a/install/manyfold-install.sh
+++ b/install/manyfold-install.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "manyfold" "manyfold3d/manyfold" "tarball" "latest"
 msg_info "Configuring manyfold environment"
 RUBY_INSTALL_VERSION=$(cat /opt/manyfold/app/.ruby-version)
 YARN_VERSION=$(grep '"packageManager":' /opt/manyfold/app/package.json | sed -E 's/.*"(yarn@[0-9\.]+)".*/\1/')
-RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/manyfold3d/manyfold/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')
+RELEASE=$(get_latest_github_release "manyfold3d/manyfold")
 DB_NAME=manyfold
 DB_USER=manyfold
 DB_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 18 | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | cut -c1-13)