diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index aa481d4..4047d63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ jobs:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Create DB
-        run: ./create-qrank-db
+      #      - name: Create DB
+      #        run: ./create-qrank-db
 
-      # TODO: overwrite the existing release's binary with the new file
+      - name: Publish DB
+        run: ./publish-qrank-db
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f5ee891..46f7ef4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ They publish the dataset as a gzipped CSV file, [qrank.csv.gz](https://qrank.wmc
 This repository republishes the data as a SQLite database with an index, so that random-access queries are fast.
 
 You can download [qrank.db here](https://github.com/hikeratlas/qrank/releases/download/latest/qrank.db).
+
diff --git a/create-qrank-db b/create-qrank-db
index a758463..0d3cee3 100755
--- a/create-qrank-db
+++ b/create-qrank-db
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ vacuum;
 EOF
 }
 
-ensure_qrank_csv
+time ensure_qrank_csv
 
 rm -f qrank.db
-do_the_thing | sqlite3 qrank.db
+time ( do_the_thing | sqlite3 qrank.db )
diff --git a/publish-qrank-db b/publish-qrank-db
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ab9252d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publish-qrank-db
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+RELEASE_ID=137136562
+
+list_existing() {
+	curl --silent --fail -L \
+		-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+		-H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+		-H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+		"https://api.github.com/repos/hikeratlas/qrank/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets" |
+		jq .[].id
+}
+
+delete_existing() {
+	while read -r asset_id; do
+		echo "deleting ${asset_id}"
+		curl --silent --fail -L \
+			-X DELETE \
+			-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+			-H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+			-H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+			"https://api.github.com/repos/hikeratlas/qrank/releases/assets/${asset_id}"
+	done < <(list_existing)
+}
+
+publish() {
+	curl --silent --fail -L \
+		-X POST \
+		-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+		-H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+		-H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+		-H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
+		"https://uploads.github.com/repos/hikeratlas/qrank/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=qrank.db" \
+		--data-binary "@README.md"
+}
+
+delete_existing
+publish