diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
index 9ba1fff..008d057 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 name: Build and Publish Container Image
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-    tags: [ 'v*' ]
   release:
     types: [ published ]
-  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   build-and-push:
@@ -18,6 +14,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -37,12 +35,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         with:
           images: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/nodecast-tv
+          flavor: latest=false
           tags: |
             type=semver,pattern={{version}}
-            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
-            type=sha
-            type=ref,event=branch
-            type=raw,value=latest,enable={{is_default_branch}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}},enable=${{ !github.event.release.prerelease }}
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{ !github.event.release.prerelease }}
 
       - name: Build and push Container image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f16bce7..40dc59f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ nodecast-tv is a modern, web-based IPTV player featuring Live TV, EPG, Movies (V
 
 You can run nodecast-tv easily using Docker.
 
+Container images are published to `ghcr.io/technomancer702/nodecast-tv` when a GitHub release is published. Use a version tag such as `v2.2.1` for the release: stable releases publish image tags `2.2.1`, `2.2`, and `latest`; prereleases publish their full version tag without updating `latest` or the minor-version alias. Branch pushes, tag pushes alone, and draft releases do not publish images.
+
 1.  Create a `docker-compose.yml` file (or copy the one from this repo):
 
     ```yaml