diff --git a/cli/recipe/release.go b/cli/recipe/release.go
index efa46069..20c19e73 100644
--- a/cli/recipe/release.go
+++ b/cli/recipe/release.go
@@ -198,7 +198,9 @@ func createReleaseFromTag(recipe recipe.Recipe, tagString, mainAppVersion string
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	tagString = fmt.Sprintf("%s+%s", tag.String(), mainAppVersion)
+	if tagString == "" {
+		tagString = fmt.Sprintf("%s+%s", tag.String(), mainAppVersion)
+	}
 
 	if err := tagRelease(tagString, repo); err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ func commitRelease(recipe recipe.Recipe) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if internal.CommitMessage == "" && !internal.NoInput {
+	if internal.CommitMessage == "" && !internal.NoInput && internal.Commit {
 		prompt := &survey.Input{
 			Message: "commit message",
 			Default: "chore: publish new %s version",
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ func commitRelease(recipe recipe.Recipe) error {
 
 func tagRelease(tagString string, repo *git.Repository) error {
 	if internal.Dry {
-		logrus.Info("dry run: no git tag created")
+		logrus.Infof("dry run: no git tag created (%s)", tagString)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -335,7 +337,7 @@ func createReleaseFromPreviousTag(tagString, mainAppVersion string, recipe recip
 	bumpType := btoi(internal.Major)*4 + btoi(internal.Minor)*2 + btoi(internal.Patch)
 	if bumpType != 0 {
 		if (bumpType & (bumpType - 1)) != 0 {
-			fmt.Errorf("you can only use one of: --major, --minor, --patch.")
+			return fmt.Errorf("you can only use one of: --major, --minor, --patch")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -358,32 +360,30 @@ func createReleaseFromPreviousTag(tagString, mainAppVersion string, recipe recip
 	}
 
 	newTag := lastGitTag
-	if bumpType > 0 {
-		if internal.Patch {
-			now, err := strconv.Atoi(newTag.Patch)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			newTag.Patch = strconv.Itoa(now + 1)
-		} else if internal.Minor {
-			now, err := strconv.Atoi(newTag.Minor)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			newTag.Patch = "0"
-			newTag.Minor = strconv.Itoa(now + 1)
-		} else if internal.Major {
-			now, err := strconv.Atoi(newTag.Major)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			newTag.Patch = "0"
-			newTag.Minor = "0"
-			newTag.Major = strconv.Itoa(now + 1)
+	if internal.Patch {
+		now, err := strconv.Atoi(newTag.Patch)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
+
+		newTag.Patch = strconv.Itoa(now + 1)
+	} else if internal.Minor {
+		now, err := strconv.Atoi(newTag.Minor)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		newTag.Patch = "0"
+		newTag.Minor = strconv.Itoa(now + 1)
+	} else if internal.Major {
+		now, err := strconv.Atoi(newTag.Major)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		newTag.Patch = "0"
+		newTag.Minor = "0"
+		newTag.Major = strconv.Itoa(now + 1)
 	}
 
 	if err := commitRelease(recipe); err != nil {