diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b66e964..ae981c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 test/
+*.zip
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5e03002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+version=$(cat version)
+
+artifact=whisper-backup-"$version".zip
+
+if [[ ! -f "$artifact" ]];
+then
+    zip "$artifact" setup.py whisperbackup/*
+fi
+
+if echo $version | grep -q -v dev
+then
+    git tag "$version"
+    git push --tags origin master
+fi
diff --git a/version b/version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a8795e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.3-dev