diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d1ba46e..dfdd69b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
           
           echo "::set-output name=release_notes::$release_notes"
           
-          sed -i.bak "s/<TargetFramework>net6.0<\/TargetFramework>/<TargetFramework>${{ env.DOTNET_FRAMEWORK }}<\/TargetFramework>/g" ${{ env.PROJECT_PATH }}
+          sed -i.bak "s/<TargetFramework>net8.0<\/TargetFramework>/<TargetFramework>${{ env.DOTNET_FRAMEWORK }}<\/TargetFramework>/g" ${{ env.PROJECT_PATH }}
           
           if [ "${{ matrix.target }}" == "osx-arm64" ]; then
             dotnet publish ${{ env.PROJECT_PATH }} --framework ${{ env.DOTNET_FRAMEWORK }} --runtime "${{ matrix.target }}" -c Release -p:EnableCompressionInSingleFile=false -p:PublishSingleFile=true --self-contained true -p:PublishReadyToRun=true -p:PublishTrimmed=true -o "$release_name"
diff --git a/tone/tone.TrimmerRootDescriptor.xml b/tone/tone.TrimmerRootDescriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..810c9f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tone/tone.TrimmerRootDescriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<linker>
+    <!--<assembly fullname="Spectre.Console" preserve="all" /> this seems to be optional--> 
+    <assembly fullname="Spectre.Console.Cli" preserve="all" /><!-- this is a must -->
+    <assembly fullname="tone" preserve="all" />
+</linker>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tone/tone.csproj b/tone/tone.csproj
index a515947..8db5c3d 100644
--- a/tone/tone.csproj
+++ b/tone/tone.csproj
@@ -77,4 +77,8 @@
       <None Remove="doc\release\vortex_before.txt" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <TrimmerRootDescriptor Include="tone.TrimmerRootDescriptor.xml" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>