diff --git a/.gitea/rename_project.sh b/.gitea/rename_project.sh
index 022fc64..66cb172 100755
--- a/.gitea/rename_project.sh
+++ b/.gitea/rename_project.sh
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ mv $name.Tests/project_name.Tests.csproj $name.Tests/$name.Tests.csproj
 
 # This command runs only once on GHA!
 rm -rf .gitea/template.yml
+rm -rf project_name
+rm -rf project_name.Tests
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/main.yml b/.gitea/workflows/main.yml
index bffb70d..338c29c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 name: CI
 
+env:
+  SKIP_MAKE_SETUP_CHECK: 'true'
+
 # Controls when the workflow will run
 on:
   # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index ff6a999..4da3b04 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: Upload Python Package
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
+env:
+  SKIP_MAKE_SETUP_CHECK: 'true'
+
 on:
   push:
     # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e3dc68..d724c7c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 .PHONY: issetup
 issetup:
-	@[ -f .git/hooks/commit-msg ] || (echo "You must run 'make setup' first to initialize the repo!" && exit 1)
+	@[ -f .git/hooks/commit-msg ] || [ -v SKIP_MAKE_SETUP_CHECK ] || (echo "You must run 'make setup' first to initialize the repo!" && exit 1)
 
 .PHONY: setup
 setup: