diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/mirror.yml b/.gitea/workflows/mirror.yml
index 7eca5b8..afb7c47 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/mirror.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/mirror.yml
@@ -84,14 +84,17 @@ jobs:
             
             if [ "${http_status}" == "404" ]; then
               echo "Repository 'center_dev/${repo_name}' does not exist. Creating it..."
-              create_repo_response=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "${AUTH_HEADER}" -d "{\"name\":\"${repo_name}\",\"private\":true,\"default_branch\":\"main\"}" "${BASE_GITEA_URL}/api/v1/orgs/${CENTER_ORG}/repos")
-              create_status=$(echo "${create_repo_response}" | tail -c 3)
-              if [[ "${create_status}" -ne "201" ]]; then
-                echo "::error::Failed to create repository. API response:"
-                echo "${create_repo_response}" | head -c -3
+              create_tmp="$(mktemp)"
+              create_status=$(curl -s -o "${create_tmp}" -w "%{http_code}" -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "${AUTH_HEADER}" -d "{\"name\":\"${repo_name}\",\"private\":true,\"default_branch\":\"main\"}" "${BASE_GITEA_URL}/api/v1/orgs/${CENTER_ORG}/repos")
+              if [[ "${create_status}" != "201" ]]; then
+                echo "::error::Failed to create repository. HTTP ${create_status}"
+                cat "${create_tmp}"
+                rm -f "${create_tmp}"
                 exit 1
               fi
               echo "Repository created successfully."
+              repo_exists=true
+              rm -f "${create_tmp}"
             elif [ "${http_status}" != "200" ]; then
               echo "::error::Error checking repository. HTTP status: ${http_status}"
               exit 1