diff --git a/web/layouts/partials/releases/single.html b/web/layouts/partials/releases/single.html
index b193c95d6f52f782e6fabe80fa26ab593b726f6e..f896ca7a77517b787c2a767dfdb40be9508e5071 100644
--- a/web/layouts/partials/releases/single.html
+++ b/web/layouts/partials/releases/single.html
@@ -160,8 +160,11 @@
   {{ if eq $type "GitHub" }}
   {{ .Content }}
   {{ else }}
-  {{ $urlPre := "https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/api/v4" }}
-  {{ $release := getJSON $urlPre "/projects/120/releases/" .Params.tag }}
-  {{ $release.description | markdownify }}
+    {{ $data := dict }}
+    {{ $url := print "https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/api/v4/projects/120/releases/" .Params.tag }}
+    {{ with resources.GetRemote $url }}
+      {{ $data = . | transform.Unmarshal }}
+    {{ end }}
+    {{ $data.description | markdownify }}
   {{ end }}
 </div>
diff --git a/web/layouts/releases/list.html b/web/layouts/releases/list.html
index 5bcda35ee7058cc1bfd9ac4d9ff05815d34dbfab..1c53b52ab49f2a91424b1d76cc64a4fbecc63899 100644
--- a/web/layouts/releases/list.html
+++ b/web/layouts/releases/list.html
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@
         <li><a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a>, {{.Params.release_date}}</li>
         {{ end }}
         {{ end }}
-        {{ $urlPre := "https://api.github.com" }}
-        {{ $releases := getJSON $urlPre "/repos/ufz/ogs/releases" }}
-        {{ range $index, $element := $releases }}
+        {{ $data := dict }}
+        {{ $url := "https://api.github.com/repos/ufz/ogs/releases" }}
+        {{ with resources.GetRemote $url }}
+        {{ $data = . | transform.Unmarshal }}
+        {{ end }}
+        {{ range $index, $element := $data }}
         {{ if not (eq $index 0) }}
         {{ if and (not .draft) (not .prerelease) }}
         <li>