diff --git a/frontend/.github/workflows/build_app_android.yaml b/frontend/.github/workflows/build_app_android.yaml
index 67c6162..0423329 100644
--- a/frontend/.github/workflows/build_app_android.yaml
+++ b/frontend/.github/workflows/build_app_android.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run:
           # remove the 'v' prefix from the tag name
-          echo "VERSION=${REF_NAME//v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "VERSION_NAME=${REF_NAME//v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Load secrets from github
         run: |
@@ -46,5 +46,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run fastlane lane
         run: bundle exec fastlane deploy_testing
         working-directory: android
-        env:
-          VERSION_NAME: ${{ steps.version.VERSION }}
+        # the environment variable VERSION_NAME is implicitly available
diff --git a/frontend/android/.gitignore b/frontend/android/.gitignore
index 609e083..7d38cdd 100644
--- a/frontend/android/.gitignore
+++ b/frontend/android/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+gradlew
+gradlew.bat
+gradle/
 /.gradle
 /captures/
 /local.properties
diff --git a/frontend/android/fastlane/Fastfile b/frontend/android/fastlane/Fastfile
index f1f9177..5b37b24 100644
--- a/frontend/android/fastlane/Fastfile
+++ b/frontend/android/fastlane/Fastfile
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ platform :android do
 
   desc "Deploy a new version as a preview version"
   lane :deploy_testing do
+    version_name = ENV["VERSION_NAME"]
+
     sh(
-      "flutter build appbundle --release",
-      "--build-name=",
-      ENV["VERSION_NAME"],
+      "flutter",
+      "build",
+      "appbundle",
+      "--release",
+      "--build-name=#{version_name}",
       )
     
     upload_to_play_store(