diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 908e333..f9baa52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ jobs:
             'turnstile_secret_key = ""' \
             "frontend_dir = \"$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/frontend/dist\"" \
             "admin_frontend_dir = \"$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/frontend/admin-dist\"" \
+            "theme_dir = \"$sqlite_dir/themes\"" \
             "agent_dir = \"$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/agent\"" > "$sqlite_config"
           target/backend/debug/nodeflare --config "$sqlite_config" > "$sqlite_dir/server.log" 2>&1 &
           sqlite_pid=$!
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ jobs:
             'turnstile_secret_key = ""' \
             "frontend_dir = \"$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/frontend/dist\"" \
             "admin_frontend_dir = \"$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/frontend/admin-dist\"" \
+            "theme_dir = \"$postgres_dir/themes\"" \
             "agent_dir = \"$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/agent\"" > "$postgres_config"
           target/backend/debug/nodeflare --config "$postgres_config" > "$postgres_dir/server.log" 2>&1 &
           postgres_pid=$!
diff --git a/scripts/smoke-test.sh b/scripts/smoke-test.sh
index 7917d48..f29dc1c 100644
--- a/scripts/smoke-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/smoke-test.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,18 @@ monitor_curl() {
 }
 
 request() {
-  monitor_curl --fail --location --silent --show-error "$@"
+  response_file=$(mktemp /tmp/nodeflare-response.XXXXXX)
+  if monitor_curl --fail-with-body --location --silent --show-error \
+    --output "$response_file" "$@"; then
+    cat "$response_file"
+    rm -f -- "$response_file"
+  else
+    request_status=$?
+    cat "$response_file" >&2
+    printf '\n' >&2
+    rm -f -- "$response_file"
+    return "$request_status"
+  fi
 }
 
 step() {