diff --git a/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg b/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
index 5ba6b79c..fdd0ed1c 100644
--- a/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
+++ b/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ hash^RETRODECKGZDOOMLATEST^https://github.com/RetroDECK/org.zdoom.GZDoom/release
 hash^RETRODECKMAMELATEST^https://github.com/RetroDECK/MAME/releases/latest/download/RetroDECK-MAME-Artifact.tar.gz
 
 latestghrelease^SHADPS4LATESTGHREL^https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/releases/latest/download/shadps4-linux-qt-*.zip
-latestghreleasesha^SHADPS4LATESTSHA^https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/releases/latest/download/shadps4-linux-qt-*.zip
+latestghreleasesha^SHADPS4LATESTSHA^https://api.github.com/repos/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/releases/latest^shadps4-linux-qt-.*\.zip
 
 #This will replace RETRODECKSHADPS4LATESTURL with the URL of the latest artifact and RETRODECKSHADPS4LATESTSHA with its SHA256 hash.
 #latestghaartifact^RETRODECKSHADPS4LATESTURL^RETRODECKSHADPS4LATESTSHA^https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/actions/workflows/linux-qt.yml^shadps4-linux-qt
diff --git a/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh b/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
index d0210ad6..d4151e16 100755
--- a/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
+++ b/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
@@ -129,10 +129,12 @@ handle_latestghrelease() {
 
 handle_latestghreleasesha() {
   local placeholder="$1"
-  local url="$2"
+  local api_url="$2"
   local pattern="$3"
-  echo "Fetching release data from: $url"
-  local release_data=$(curl -s "$url")
+  echo "Fetching release data from: $api_url"
+  
+  # Fetch the release data from GitHub API
+  local release_data=$(curl -s "$api_url")
   echo "Release data fetched."
 
   # Find the matching asset using the pattern
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ handle_latestghreleasesha() {
   fi
 
   # Download the file and compute its hash
+  echo "Downloading asset to compute hash: $ghreleaseurl"
   local ghreleasehash=$(curl -sL "$ghreleaseurl" | sha256sum | cut -d ' ' -f1)
 
   echo "Replacing placeholder $placeholder with hash $ghreleasehash"