diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 344eab5..78772c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get Changelog Entry
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         id: changelog_reader
-        uses: mindsers/changelog-reader-action@v2.2.3
+        uses: mindsers/changelog-reader-action@v2.3.0
         with:
           version: v${{ env.PROJECT_VERSION }}
           path: ./CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f356594..df63141 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1345,26 +1345,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tailcall"
-version = "2.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6be08989072ee5adeece48612b4f43ecf8ffce901dee274c33f7310c89f18de"
-dependencies = [
- "tailcall-impl",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tailcall-impl"
-version = "2.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44f72925e9aaaefcfbef1cf809d408e8a80bdb644ebe9fff0b94714d1d2d8e4d"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.69"
@@ -1450,7 +1430,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "rodio",
  "signal-hook 0.4.4",
- "tailcall",
  "time",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cb974b7..373b890 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ glob = "0.3"
 regex = "1.10"
 rodio = { version = "0.22", features = ["vorbis"] }
 signal-hook = "0.4"
-tailcall = "2.0"
 time = { version = "0.3", features = ["formatting", "local-offset", "parsing"] }
 # beep
 libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/timer.rs b/src/timer.rs
index fe197bb..3aff99c 100644
--- a/src/timer.rs
+++ b/src/timer.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use std::thread::sleep;
 use std::time::Duration as stdDuration;
 
 use regex::{Regex, RegexSet};
-use tailcall::tailcall;
 use time::{Duration, OffsetDateTime, Time, format_description};
 
 pub const BELL_CHART: char = '';
@@ -104,26 +103,25 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-#[tailcall]
 pub fn countdown<W>(w: &mut W, end: OffsetDateTime, opts: &Opts) -> Result<()>
 where
     W: io::Write,
 {
-    match end - OffsetDateTime::now_utc() {
-        counter if counter > Duration::ZERO => match ui::draw(w, counter) {
-            Ok(_) => {
-                sleep(stdDuration::from_secs(1));
-                countdown(w, end, opts)
-            }
-            Err(e) => Err(e),
-        },
-        _ => match ui::draw(w, Duration::ZERO) {
-            Ok(_) => {
+    loop {
+        match end - OffsetDateTime::now_utc() {
+            counter if counter > Duration::ZERO => match ui::draw(w, counter) {
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    sleep(stdDuration::from_secs(1));
+                }
+                Err(e) => return Err(e),
+            },
+            _ => {
+                ui::draw(w, Duration::ZERO)?;
+
                 if opts.terminal_bell {
                     println!("{BELL_CHART}");
                 }
 
-                let mut result = Ok(());
                 if !opts.silence {
                     match Sound::new() {
                         Ok(sound) => {
@@ -140,13 +138,12 @@ where
                                 sleep(stdDuration::from_millis(BEEP_DELAY));
                             }
                         }
-                        Err(e) => result = Err(e),
+                        Err(e) => return Err(e),
                     }
                 }
-                result
+                return Ok(());
             }
-            Err(e) => Err(e),
-        },
+        }
     }
 }