diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0b2cc4b..682b3e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checking out!
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3.6.0
+        with:
+           node-version: 16
       - name: Publish action package
         uses: ./
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 36aa449..96428a3 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,23 @@ outputs:
   package-manifest:
     description: 'The package manifest of the published package in JSON format'
 runs:
-  using: 'node16'
-  main: 'dist/index.js'
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - run: ls
+      shell: bash
+    # - run: node ./dist/index.js
+    #   shell: bash
+    - uses: ddivad195/publish-action-package/package-and-publish@v0.0.51
+      id: publish
+    - name: Output variables
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "package manifest": ${{steps.publish.outputs.package-manifest}}
+        echo "package manifest": ${{steps.publish.outputs.package-url}}
+        echo "package-manifest=${{steps.publish.outputs.package-manifest}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "package-url=${{steps.publish.outputs.package-url}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+# runs:
+#   using: node20
+#   main: dist/index.js
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index ce106e3..329b6bf 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -74764,7 +74764,9 @@ async function run() {
         }
         // Gather & validate user inputs
         const token = core.getInput('token');
-        const registryURL = new URL(core.getInput('registry')); // TODO: Should this be dynamic? Maybe an API endpoint to grab the registry for GHES/proxima purposes.
+        const registryURL = new URL('https://ghcr.io/'); // TODO: Should this be dynamic? Maybe an API endpoint to grab the registry for GHES/proxima purposes.
+        console.log(core.getInput('registry'));
+        console.log(`registryURL: ${registryURL}`);
         // Paths to be included in the OCI image
         const paths = core.getInput('path').split(' ');
         let path = '';
diff --git a/package-and-publish/action.yml b/package-and-publish/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..738810f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-and-publish/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: 'Package and Publish'
+description: 'Publish actions as OCI artifacts to GHCR'
+
+# TODO: Add your action's branding here. This will appear on the GitHub Marketplace.
+branding:
+  icon: 'heart'
+  color: 'red'
+
+inputs:
+  token:
+    required: true
+    description: >
+      GITHUB_TOKEN having the write:package scope to publish an action package to GHCR.
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
+  path:
+    required: false
+    description: The work directory or path to be tar archived and uploaded as OCI Artifact layer.
+    default: '.'
+  registry:
+    required: false
+    description: The registry to publish the action package to.
+    default: https://ghcr.io/ # TODO: this should perhaps be fetched from GitHub API.
+
+outputs:
+  package-url:
+    description: 'The name of package published to GHCR along with semver. For example, https://ghcr.io/actions/package-action:1.0.1'
+  package-manifest:
+    description: 'The package manifest of the published package in JSON format'
+
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: ../dist/index.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 9215c2e..fac1975 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
 
     // Gather & validate user inputs
     const token: string = core.getInput('token')
-    const registryURL: URL = new URL(core.getInput('registry')) // TODO: Should this be dynamic? Maybe an API endpoint to grab the registry for GHES/proxima purposes.
-
+    const registryURL: URL = new URL('https://ghcr.io/') // TODO: Should this be dynamic? Maybe an API endpoint to grab the registry for GHES/proxima purposes.
+    console.log(core.getInput('registry'))
+    console.log(`registryURL: ${registryURL}`)
     // Paths to be included in the OCI image
     const paths: string[] = core.getInput('path').split(' ')
     let path = ''