diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e8157bf..9fee2eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 dist/
-/lib/bower_components
+build/
+bower_components
 node_modules
 .sass-cache
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1ad3649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+command -v github-release >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "This requires github-release from https://github.com/aktau/github-release - please install and try again"; exit 1; }
+
+echo "What sort of release? (major|minor|patch)"
+while true; do
+  read TYPE
+  case $TYPE in
+    "major" ) break;;
+    "minor" ) break;;
+    "patch" ) break;;
+    * ) echo "Please answer major, minor or patch";;
+  esac
+done
+
+read -p "Release Title:" TITLE
+read -p "Release Description:" DESCRIPTION
+echo "\n Release $TITLE ($TYPE): $DESCRIPTION"
+
+npm version $(TYPE)
+VERSION=$(node -e 'console.log(require("./package.json").version)')
+REPO=$(node -e 'console.log(require("./package.json").name)')
+zip -r build-$VERSION.zip build
+
+github-release release \
+    --user "ginetta" \
+    --repo $REPO \
+    --tag v$VERSION \
+    --name "$TITLE" \
+    --description "$DESCRIPTION"
+
+github-release upload \
+    --user "ginetta" \
+    --repo $REPO \
+    --tag v$VERSION \
+    --name build-$VERSION.zip \
+    --file build-$VERSION.zip
+
+