diff --git a/scripts/publish-local-gitea-packages.sh b/scripts/publish-local-gitea-packages.sh
index 2e39c5d8..2d94cfe8 100644
--- a/scripts/publish-local-gitea-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-local-gitea-packages.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
 PACKAGES_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/packages"
 TMP_DIR="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bytelyst-gitea-publish"
 REGISTRY_URL="${GITEA_NPM_REGISTRY_URL:-http://localhost:3300/api/packages/bytelyst/npm/}"
+AUTH_TARGET="${REGISTRY_URL#http://}"
+AUTH_TARGET="${AUTH_TARGET#https://}"
 TOKEN="${GITEA_NPM_TOKEN:-}"
 PACKAGE_FILTER="${1:-}"
 
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ publish_package() {
   echo "🚀 Publishing $package_name@$package_version to $REGISTRY_URL"
   if ! npm publish "$final_tgz" \
     --registry "$REGISTRY_URL" \
-    --//localhost:3300/api/packages/bytelyst/npm/:_authToken="$TOKEN"; then
+    --"//${AUTH_TARGET}:_authToken=$TOKEN"; then
     echo "⚠️  Publish failed for $package_name@$package_version (possibly already published)"
   fi
 }