diff --git a/cmd/cmd/publish/provider.go b/cmd/cmd/publish/provider.go
index 947a42ff..c3974e22 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd/publish/provider.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd/publish/provider.go
@@ -140,11 +140,21 @@ func (p *Provider) createVersionsFile() error {
 	}
 
 	// Build the versions file...
-	version := Version{}
+	version := Version{
+		Version:   p.Version,
+		Protocols: []string{"5.1"},
+		Platforms: nil,
+	}
 	for _, sum := range shasums {
 		// get os and arch from filename
 		removeFileExtension := strings.Split(sum.Path, ".zip")
+		if len(removeFileExtension) < 1 {
+			log.Fatalf("error: %s does not have .zip extension", sum.Path)
+		}
 		fileNameSplit := strings.Split(removeFileExtension[0], "_")
+		if len(fileNameSplit) < 4 {
+			log.Fatalf("filename does not match our regex: %s", removeFileExtension[0])
+		}
 
 		// Get build target and architecture from the zip file name
 		target := fileNameSplit[2]
@@ -178,9 +188,9 @@ func (p *Provider) createVersionsFile() error {
 }
 
 func (p *Provider) providerDirs() string {
-	log.Println("* Creating release/v1/providers/[namespace]/[repo]/[version] directories")
+	log.Println("* Creating release/v1/providers/[namespace]/[provider]/[version] directories")
 
-	target := path.Join("release", "v1", "providers", p.Namespace, p.RepoName, p.Version)
+	target := path.Join("release", "v1", "providers", p.Namespace, p.Provider, p.Version)
 
 	err := CreateDir(target)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -189,6 +199,28 @@ func (p *Provider) providerDirs() string {
 	return target
 }
 
+func (p *Provider) CreateWellKnown() error {
+	log.Println("* Creating .well-known directory")
+	pathString := path.Join(p.RootPath, "release", ".well-known")
+
+	err := os.MkdirAll(pathString, os.ModePerm)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrExist) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating '%s' dir: %w", pathString, err)
+	}
+
+	log.Println("  - Writing to .well-known/terraform.json file")
+	err = os.WriteFile(
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s/terraform.json", pathString),
+		[]byte(`{"providers.v1": "/v1/providers/"}`),
+		0644,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func CreateDir(path string) error {
 	log.Printf("* Creating %s directory", path)
 	err := os.MkdirAll(path, os.ModePerm)
diff --git a/cmd/cmd/publish/shasums.go b/cmd/cmd/publish/shasums.go
index 973b3769..a7e71617 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd/publish/shasums.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd/publish/shasums.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func GetShaSumContents(distPath, repoName, version string) (ShaSums, error) {
 			slog.Warn("unable to parse SHA sum line", "line", line)
 			continue
 		}
-		shaSums = append(shaSums, ShaSum{Sum: matches[0][0], Path: matches[0][1]})
+		shaSums = append(shaSums, ShaSum{Sum: matches[0][1], Path: matches[0][2]})
 	}
 	return shaSums, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/cmd/publishCmd.go b/cmd/cmd/publishCmd.go
index 9930aa65..1e3ce140 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd/publishCmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd/publishCmd.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var publishCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "publish",
 	Short: "Publish terraform provider",
 	Long:  `...`,
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return publish()
 	},
 }
@@ -104,44 +104,22 @@ func publish() error {
 
 	// Create release dir - only the contents of this need to be uploaded to S3
 	log.Printf("* Creating reelase directory")
-	err = os.Mkdir(path.Join(p.RootPath, "release"), os.ModePerm)
-	if !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrExist) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error creating 'release' dir: %w", err)
+	err = os.MkdirAll(path.Join(p.RootPath, "release"), os.ModePerm)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrExist) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating '%s' dir: %w", path.Join(p.RootPath, "release"), err)
 	}
 
 	// Create .wellKnown directory and terraform.json file
-	err = wellKnown()
+	err = p.CreateWellKnown()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error creating '.wellKnown' dir: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating '.well-known' dir: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	err = p.CreateV1Dir()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error creating 'v1' dir: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating 'v1' dir: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	log.Println("📦 Packaged Terraform Provider for private registry.")
 	return nil
 }
-
-// This establishes the "API" as a TF provider by responding with the correct JSON payload, by using static files
-func wellKnown() error {
-	log.Println("* Creating .well-known directory")
-
-	err := os.Mkdir("release/.well-known", os.ModePerm)
-	if !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrExist) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error creating 'release' dir: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	log.Println("  - Writing to .well-known/terraform.json file")
-	err = os.WriteFile(
-		"release/.well-known/terraform.json",
-		[]byte(`{"providers.v1": "/v1/providers/"}`),
-		0644,
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}