diff --git a/.github/workflows/eoefans-api-docker-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/eoefans-api-docker-ci.yml
index 1ec1e44..f99fcf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eoefans-api-docker-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eoefans-api-docker-ci.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@ jobs:
       
     - run: |
         echo "IMAGE_TAG=${{steps.tag.outputs.tag}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo $GITHUB_ENV
-            
+        echo "$GITHUB_ENV"
+ 
+    - name: write the version to local file (config/version)
+      run: |
+        echo "$IMAGE_TAG" > config/version
+        ls config
+        cat config/version
+ 
     - name: Log in to VLINK Container Registry
       uses: docker/login-action@v2
       with: