diff --git a/ansible/templates/update-forgejo.sh.j2 b/ansible/templates/update-forgejo.sh.j2
index f51283a..32952cc 100644
--- a/ansible/templates/update-forgejo.sh.j2
+++ b/ansible/templates/update-forgejo.sh.j2
@@ -48,13 +48,16 @@ get_latest_version() {
     log "Checking for the latest Forgejo version..."
     
     # Fetch the latest version from the Forgejo API with error handling
+    local api_response
+    api_response=$(curl -s --max-time 10 https://codeberg.org/api/v1/repos/forgejo/forgejo/releases/latest)
+    
+    # Extract version using grep and sed
     local latest_version
-    latest_version=$(curl -s --max-time 10 https://codeberg.org/api/v1/repos/forgejo/forgejo/releases/latest | \
-        grep -o '"tag_name":"v[0-9.]*' | \
-        sed -E 's/"tag_name":"v//g')
+    latest_version=$(echo "$api_response" | grep -o '"tag_name":"v[0-9.]*' | sed -E 's/"tag_name":"v//g')
     
     if [ -z "$latest_version" ]; then
         log "ERROR: Failed to retrieve the latest version from Codeberg API."
+        log "API Response: $api_response"
         exit 1
     fi