diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-appimage.yml b/.github/workflows/build-appimage.yml
index 30e74d9..de5bd39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-appimage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-appimage.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build AppImage
+name: Build and Test AppImage
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -13,17 +13,22 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch full Git history and tags
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
 
-      - name: Determine version and dist
+      - name: Determine Version
         id: version
         run: |
-          LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "0.0.0")
+          # Get the most recent tag
+          LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0")
+          
+          # Check if the latest commit is tagged
           TAGGED_COMMIT=$(git describe --tags --exact-match 2>/dev/null || echo "notag")
           
           if [ "$TAGGED_COMMIT" = "notag" ]; then
@@ -37,43 +42,62 @@ jobs:
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "DIST=$DIST" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Set up CentOS 7 Docker
+      - name: Build AppImage
         run: |
           docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/workspace -w /workspace centos:7 /bin/bash -c "
             # Update repository URLs to use the vault since CentOS 7 has reached EOL
             sed -i 's|^mirrorlist=|#mirrorlist=|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*.repo
             sed -i 's|^#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/\$releasever|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/7.9.2009|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*.repo
-
+            
             yum clean all
             yum makecache
 
             yum install -y epel-release
-            yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools'
             yum install -y gtk3-devel glib2-devel gettext-devel desktop-file-utils \
                 patchelf wget libtool autoconf automake pkgconfig fuse fuse-libs
 
-            wget https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
-            chmod +x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+            # Download AppImageTool
+            wget https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64 -O appimagetool
+            chmod +x appimagetool
+
+            # Prepare directories
+            mkdir -p AppDir/usr/bin
+            mkdir -p AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+            mkdir -p AppDir/usr/share/applications
 
+            # Run autogen.sh and build
             ./autogen.sh
-            ./configure
             make
 
-            mkdir -p AppDir/usr/bin
+            # Install to AppDir
+            make install DESTDIR=$(pwd)/AppDir
+
+            # Copy additional resources
             cp src/xnec2c AppDir/usr/bin/
             cp resources/xnec2c.svg AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/
             cp files/xnec2c.desktop AppDir/usr/share/applications/
 
-            # Build the AppImage with embedded runtime and include version in filename
-            ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage AppDir --runtime-arch=x86_64 -n --embed-runtime
-            mv xnec2c*.AppImage xnec2c-${VERSION}-${{ github.sha }}.AppImage
+            # Add AppRun script
+            echo '#!/bin/bash' > AppDir/AppRun
+            echo 'exec /usr/bin/xnec2c "$@"' >> AppDir/AppRun
+            chmod +x AppDir/AppRun
+
+            # Create AppImage
+            ./appimagetool AppDir xnec2c-v${VERSION}${DIST}.AppImage
 
-            chmod +x xnec2c-${VERSION}-${{ github.sha }}.AppImage
-            ./xnec2c-${VERSION}-${{ github.sha }}.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run -h
+            # Verify creation and permissions
+            ls -l xnec2c-v${VERSION}${DIST}.AppImage
+            chmod +x xnec2c-v${VERSION}${DIST}.AppImage
+            mv xnec2c-v${VERSION}${DIST}.AppImage xnec2c-${VERSION}${DIST}.AppImage
           "
 
-      - name: Upload the AppImage
+      - name: Test AppImage
+        run: |
+          chmod +x xnec2c-${VERSION}${DIST}.AppImage
+          ./xnec2c-${VERSION}${DIST}.AppImage -h
+
+      - name: Upload AppImage
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
-          name: xnec2c.AppImage
-          path: xnec2c-${VERSION}-${{ github.sha }}.AppImage
+          name: xnec2c-appimage
+          path: xnec2c-${VERSION}${DIST}.AppImage