diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b3da99271f..a85c6af77b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -15,17 +15,19 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        ghc: ['8.10.2', '8.10.1', '8.8.4', '8.8.3', '8.8.2', '8.6.5', '8.6.4']
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
-        exclude:
-          - os: windows-latest
-            ghc: '8.10.2' # broken due to https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/18550
-          - os: windows-latest
-            ghc: '8.8.4' # also fails due to segfault :(
-          - os: windows-latest
-            ghc: '8.8.3' # fails due to segfault
-          - os: windows-latest
-            ghc: '8.8.2' # fails due to error with Cabal
+        # ghc: ['8.10.2', '8.10.1', '8.8.4', '8.8.3', '8.8.2', '8.6.5', '8.6.4']
+        # os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
+        ghc: ['8.10.1']
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest]
+        # exclude:
+        #   - os: windows-latest
+        #     ghc: '8.10.2' # broken due to https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/18550
+        #   - os: windows-latest
+        #     ghc: '8.8.4' # also fails due to segfault :(
+        #   - os: windows-latest
+        #     ghc: '8.8.3' # fails due to segfault
+        #   - os: windows-latest
+        #     ghc: '8.8.2' # fails due to error with Cabal
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -140,29 +142,34 @@ jobs:
   tar:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [Linux, macOS]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
 
+      - run: ls -R
+
       - run: |
-          for OS in Linux macOS
-          do
-            tar -czf haskell-language-server-$OS-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.tar.gz haskell-language-server-$OS-*.gz
-          done
+          # move the binaries for the specific platform into bin/
+          mkdir bin
+          mv haskell-language-server-${{ matrix.os }}-*.gz/haskell-language-server-*.gz bin
+          mv haskell-language-server-wrapper-${{ matrix.os }}.gz/haskell-language-server-wapper.gz bin
+          # decompress them
+          gzip -d bin/*.gz
+          # renames haskell-language-server-macOS-8.8.1 => haskell-language-server-8.8.1
+          # for f in bin/*
+          # do
+          #   mv -- "$f" "$(echo "$f" | sed -e 's/haskell-language-server-.\+-/haskell-language-server-/' -)"
+          # done
+          tar -czf bin/haskell-language-server.tar.gz bin/*
 
       - uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.2
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: haskell-language-server-macOS-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.tar.gz
-          asset_name: haskell-language-server-macOS-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.tar.gz
+          asset_path: bin/haskell-language-server.tar.gz
+          asset_name: haskell-language-server-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.tar.gz
           asset_content_type: application/gzip
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.2
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: haskell-language-server-Linux-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.tar.gz
-          asset_name: haskell-language-server-Linux-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.tar.gz
-          asset_content_type: application/gzip