diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fadb5d4..61177ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 An action to support publishing release to Gitea.
 
+Preserves the fields body, prerelease and name when pushing the release if no value is given.
+
 ## Inputs
 
 The following are optional as `step.with` keys
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ The following are optional as `step.with` keys
 ## Example usage
 
 ```yaml
-uses: akkuman/gitea-release-action@v1
+uses: grypho/gitea-release-action@v1.1
 env:
   NODE_OPTIONS: '--experimental-fetch' # if nodejs < 18
 with:
@@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ If you want to ignore ssl verify error, you can set env `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHO
 - [sigyl-actions/gitea-action-release-asset](https://github.com/sigyl-actions/gitea-action-release-asset)
 - [actions/release-action: An action written by Golang to support publishing release to Gitea(not Github Actions compatible) - release-action - Gitea: Git with a cup of tea](https://gitea.com/actions/release-action)
 - [wangyoucao577/go-release-action: Automatically publish Go binaries to Github Release Assets through Github Action.](https://github.com/wangyoucao577/go-release-action)
+- [akkuman/gitea-release-action: Base of this fork.](https://github.com/akkuman/gitea-release-action)
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 75f509d..cf4d15d 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: gitea-release-action
 description: "An action to support publishing release to Gitea."
-author: "Akkuman"
+author: "Grypho"
 inputs:
   server_url:
     description: the base url of the gitea API
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ inputs:
   body:
     description: "Note-worthy description of changes in release"
     required: false
+    default: ${{ github.release.body != '' &&   github.release.body || null }}
   body_path:
     description: "Path to load description of changes in this release"
     required: false
   name:
     description: "Gives the release a custom name. Defaults to tag name"
     required: false
-    default: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+    default: ${{ github.event.release.name }}
   tag_name:
     description: "Gives a tag name. Defaults to github.GITHUB_REF"
     required: false
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ inputs:
   prerelease:
     description: "Identify the release as a prerelease. Defaults to false"
     required: false
+    default: ${{ github.event.release.prerelease }}
   files:
     description: "Newline-delimited list of path globs for asset files to upload"
     required: false