diff --git a/.github/workflows/discussions.yml b/.github/workflows/discussions.yml
index 02f71f90..f540da95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/discussions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/discussions.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,50 @@
 name: Generate Discussion Thread for Hackdays
 
 on:
+  push:
+   branches:
+    - discussions
+    - main
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   create-discussion-threads:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      discussions: write
+      contents: read
 
     steps:
-      - name: Create a new GitHub Discussion
-        id: create-discussion
-        uses: abirismyname/create-discussion@v1.x
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}     
-        with:
-          title: Hackathon 
-          body: |
-            Reporting out on earthaccess hack days.
-            Please create a new comment (at the very bottom, use the text box with a button that says "comment", not "reply") to write about what you did today!
-            Please include links to GitHub issues or pull requests relevant to your work, and use those issues or pull requests as the "source of truth" for documenting the work; this makes future readers jobs easier :) It's OK to duplicate some information while writing a summary here!
-            Use the "reply" feature to have a discussion under any given comment.
-          repository-id: ${{ secrets.REPO_ID }}
-          category-id: ${{ secrets.CAT_ID }}
 
-      - name: Print discussion url and id
+      - name: Generate the Hackathon title
+        run: |
+          DATE=$(date --iso-8601 | sed 's|-|/|g')
+          echo "DISCUSSION_TITLE=\"Hackathon $DATE\"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Set the Hackathon description
+        run: |
+          echo "DISCUSSION_BODY=\"Reporting out on earthaccess hack days. Use the comment button at the very bottom to send a message.\"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+
+      - name: Create Discussions
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
+          REPOSITORY_ID: \"R_kgDOL9OsOA\"
+          CATEGORY_ID: \"DIC_kwDOL9OsOM4ClttG\"
         run: |
-          if [ -n "${{steps.create-discussion.outputs.discussion-id}}" ]; then
-            echo discussion-id: ${{steps.create-discussion.outputs.discussion-id}}
-            echo discussion-url: ${{steps.create-discussion.outputs.discussion-url}}
-          else
-            echo "Discussion not created"            
+         gh api graphql -f query="
+         mutation 
+          {createDiscussion
+            (
+              input: 
+                {
+                repositoryId: ${{ env.REPOSITORY_ID }}, 
+                categoryId: ${{ env.CATEGORY_ID }}, 
+                body: ${{ env.DISCUSSION_BODY }}, 
+                title: ${{ env.DISCUSSION_TITLE }}
+                }
+            ) 
+            {
+              discussion {id}
+            }
+          }"
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