diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9fee561..8c4375f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ genkey
 genkey.exe
 text.txt
 heatmap.png
-release.sh
 cpu.prof
 genkey.test
 mem.prof
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..41dae6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+then
+    echo "No version given"
+    exit
+fi
+
+version=$1
+mkdir -p $version/windows
+mkdir -p $version/mac
+mkdir -p $version/linux
+filelist="README.md LICENSE corpora/ layouts/ config.toml"
+
+rm genkey
+rm genkey.exe
+echo "Building Windows"
+GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build
+cp -r $filelist genkey.exe $version/windows/
+
+echo "Building MacOS"
+GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build
+cp -r $filelist genkey $version/mac/
+
+echo "Building Linux"
+GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build
+cp -r $filelist genkey $version/linux/
+
+cd $version
+echo "Compressing Windows"
+zip windows.zip -r windows
+echo "Compressing MacOS"
+zip mac.zip -r mac
+echo "Compressing Linux"
+tar cf linux.tar.gz linux