diff --git a/tools/build-release.sh b/tools/build-release.sh
index 0219bd898400453deb1638976b11149a89a127a5..d53e53899895741f636affae68e18239f9cb54dc 100755
--- a/tools/build-release.sh
+++ b/tools/build-release.sh
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ shopt -u nocasematch
 
 echo "Package version: $ver"
 echo "Git branch name: $branch_name"
-echo "Git revision number (short): $verx"
+echo "Git revision number: $verx"
 echo "Package name extension: $extent"	
 echo "Travis CI tag: $TRAVIS_TAG"
-echo "Release package name (unzipped): $package_name"
+echo "Release package name: $package_name"
 
 # Set REMOTE_URL environment variable to the address where the package will be
 # available for download. This gets written into package json file.
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ echo "Package build processing:"
 echo "========================="
 echo
 echo "Prepare files for the package main archive:"
-echo "-------------------------------------------"
 echo " - copying neccessary files from current Git repository..."
 
 # <PACKAGE ROOT>
@@ -257,14 +256,14 @@ pushd $releaseDir >/dev/null
 
 zip -qr $package_name_zip $package_name
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "	!error: failed to create ${package_name_zip} (ZIP errno: $?) => aborting"
+    echo "     !error: failed to create ${package_name_zip} (ZIP errno: $?) => aborting"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 # Calculate SHA sum and size of ZIP archive
 sha=`shasum -a 256 $package_name_zip | cut -f 1 -d ' '`
 size=`/bin/ls -l $package_name_zip | awk '{print $5}'`	
-echo "${package_name_zip} creation OK (size: $size B, sha2: $sha)"
+echo "     ${package_name_zip} creation OK (size: $size, sha2: $sha)"
 echo
 
 echo "Making $package_name JSON definition file(s):"
@@ -293,23 +292,30 @@ rm -rf $outdir
 # Get all previously released versions
 echo " - fetching previous (pre)release versions from GitHub..."
 
+set +e
+
 releasesJson=$releaseDir/releases.json
 curl -sH "Authorization: token $curlAuth" https://api.github.com/repos/$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG/releases > $releasesJson
 
-set +e
-# Previous final release (prerelase == false)
 prev_release=$(jq -e -r '. | map(select(.draft == false and .prerelease == false)) | sort_by(.created_at | - fromdateiso8601) | .[0].tag_name' ${releasesJson})
-# Previous release (possibly a pre-release)
 prev_any_release=$(jq -e -r '. | map(select(.draft == false)) | sort_by(.created_at | - fromdateiso8601)  | .[0].tag_name' ${releasesJson})
-# Previous pre-release
 prev_pre_release=$(jq -e -r '. | map(select(.draft == false and .prerelease == true)) | sort_by(.created_at | - fromdateiso8601)  | .[0].tag_name' ${releasesJson})
+
+shopt -s nocasematch
+if [ "$prev_any_release" == "$TRAVIS_TAG" ]; then
+	prev_release=$(jq -e -r '. | map(select(.draft == false and .prerelease == false)) | sort_by(.created_at | - fromdateiso8601) | .[1].tag_name' ${releasesJson})
+	prev_any_release=$(jq -e -r '. | map(select(.draft == false)) | sort_by(.created_at | - fromdateiso8601)  | .[1].tag_name' ${releasesJson})
+	prev_pre_release=$(jq -e -r '. | map(select(.draft == false and .prerelease == true)) | sort_by(.created_at | - fromdateiso8601)  | .[1].tag_name' ${releasesJson})
+fi
+shopt -u nocasematch
+
 set -e
 
 rm -f "$releasesJson"
 
-echo " -- previous Release: $prev_release"
-echo " -- previous (?Pre-)release: $prev_any_release"
-echo " -- previous Pre-release: $prev_pre_release"
+echo "     previous Release: $prev_release"
+echo "     previous (?Pre-)release: $prev_any_release"
+echo "     previous Pre-release: $prev_pre_release"
 
 # add generated items to JSON package-definition contents
 jq_arg=".packages[0].platforms[0].version = \"$ver\" | \
diff --git a/tools/deploy.sh b/tools/deploy.sh
index 11f3f94283cd3230e5d9451e62f2077e0e4cca49..f4e1969a491a22ac2d001a7dc81fbb6ef53c1512 100644
--- a/tools/deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/deploy.sh
@@ -119,21 +119,24 @@ fi
 releaseNotes=$(perl -pe 's/\r?\n/\\n/' <<< ${releaseNotes})
 
 # Check possibly existing release for current tag 
+echo "Checking for possible releases of current tag $varTagName..."
 # (eg build invoked by Create New Release GHUI button -> GH default release pack created immediatelly including default assests)
-HTTP_RESPONSE=$(curl -L --silent --write-out "HTTPSTATUS:%{http_code}" https://api.github.com/repos/$varRepoSlug/releases/tags/$varTagName)
+HTTP_RESPONSE=$(curl -L --silent --write-out "HTTPSTATUS:%{http_code}" https://api.github.com/repos/$varRepoSlug/releases/tags/$varTagName?access_token=$varAccessToken)
 HTTP_BODY=$(echo $HTTP_RESPONSE | sed -e 's/HTTPSTATUS\:.*//g')
 HTTP_STATUS=$(echo $HTTP_RESPONSE | tr -d '\n' | sed -e 's/.*HTTPSTATUS://')
 
+echo "     HTTP server response code: $HTTP_STATUS"
+
 # if the release exists, append/update recent files to its assets vector
 if [ $HTTP_STATUS -eq 200 ]; then
 	releaseId=$(echo $HTTP_BODY | jq -r '.id')
-	echo "GH release exists for current $varTagName tag (id $releaseId)"
+	echo " - $varTagName release found (id $releaseId)"
 #... or create a new release record
 else 
 	curlData="{\"tag_name\": \"$varTagName\",\"target_commitish\": \"master\",\"name\": \"v$varTagName\",\"body\": \"$releaseNotes\",\"draft\": false,\"prerelease\": $varPrerelease}"
 	#echo "DEBUG: curl --data \"${curlData}\" https://api.github.com/repos/${varRepoSlug}/releases?access_token=$varAccessToken | jq -r '.id'"
 	releaseId=$(curl --data "$curlData" https://api.github.com/repos/$varRepoSlug/releases?access_token=$varAccessToken | jq -r '.id')
-	echo "New GH release created for $varTagName tag (id $releaseId)"
+	echo " - new release created for $varTagName (id $releaseId)"
 fi
 
 # Assets defined by dir contents