diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml
index a627b5bd..c8f52064 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml
@@ -190,7 +190,26 @@ jobs:
         with:
           lfs: true  # Enable Git LFS
         
-      - name: Run ARM runner
+      - name: Setup .NET
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: '8'
+          dotnet-quality: 'ga'
+          cache: true
+          cache-dependency-path: 'app/MindWork AI Studio/packages.lock.json'
+          
+      - name: Build .NET project
+        run: |
+          cd "app/MindWork AI Studio"
+          dotnet publish --configuration release --runtime linux-arm --disable-build-servers --force --output ../../publish/dotnet
+          
+      - name: Move & rename the .NET artifact
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "app/MindWork AI Studio/bin/dist"
+          cd publish/dotnet
+          mv mindworkAIStudio "../../app/MindWork AI Studio/bin/dist/mindworkAIStudio-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+        
+      - name: Run ARM runner for compiling Rust (runtime)
         uses: pguyot/arm-runner-action@v2.6.5
         id: arm-runner
         with:
@@ -210,44 +229,9 @@ jobs:
             apt-get update --yes --allow-releaseinfo-change
             apt-get upgrade --yes
             apt-get autoremove --yes
-            apt-get install curl wget apt-transport-https --yes
-            export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-            export TZ=Europe/Berlin
-            
-            #
-            # Install .NET SDK:
-            #
-            # Note: We cannot use the official Microsoft package because it's not available for ARM64.
-            #
-            
-            # Install the dependencies:
-            #export CLR_ICU_VERSION_OVERRIDE=$(dpkg-query -W -f='${Version}' libicu* | awk -F'-' '{print $1}')
-            #echo "CLR_ICU_VERSION_OVERRIDE is set to: $CLR_ICU_VERSION_OVERRIDE"
-            apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends ca-certificates libc6 libgcc-s1 libgssapi-krb5-2 libicu67 libssl1.1 libstdc++6 zlib1g
-            
-            # Download and install the .NET SDK:
-            # wget --no-verbose https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/cd9decc0-f3ef-46d6-b7d1-348b757781ad/9ad92a8f4b805feb3d017731e78eca15/dotnet-sdk-8.0.301-linux-arm64.tar.gz -O dotnet-sdk.tar.gz
-            # mkdir -p /usr/share/dotnet
-            # tar -zxf dotnet-sdk.tar.gz -C /usr/share/dotnet
-            wget https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh -O dotnet-install.sh
-            chmod +x ./dotnet-install.sh
-            ./dotnet-install.sh --channel 8.0
-            export DOTNET_ROOT=$HOME/.dotnet
-            export PATH=$PATH:$DOTNET_ROOT:$DOTNET_ROOT/tools
-            export DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=true
-                   
-            # Compile the app:
-            cd "app/MindWork AI Studio"
-            dotnet publish --configuration release --runtime linux-arm --disable-build-servers --force --output ../../publish/dotnet
-            
-            # Move & rename the .NET artifact:
-            cd ../..
-            mkdir -p "app/MindWork AI Studio/bin/dist"
-            cd publish/dotnet
-            mv mindworkAIStudio "../../app/MindWork AI Studio/bin/dist/mindworkAIStudio-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+            apt-get install curl wget --yes
             
             # Install Rust:
-            cd ../..
             curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --yes
             . "$HOME/.cargo/env"