diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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--- a/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# TODO ARM support. figure out mapping to uname -m output.
-
-mkdir -p builds
-GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o builds/darwin-x86_64
-GOOS=linux GOARCH=386 go build -o builds/linux-i386
-GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o builds/linux-x86_64
-GOOS=windows GOARCH=386 go build -o builds/windows-i386
-GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o builds/windows-x86_64
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diff --git a/gh-user-status b/gh-user-status
index 4ba6b8e..a26d9b5 100755
--- a/gh-user-status
+++ b/gh-user-status
@@ -1,41 +1,53 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+repo="vilmibm/gh-user-status"
+tag="v1.0.0"
+
 extensionPath="$(dirname "$0")"
 arch="$(uname -m)"
 
+exe=""
 
 if uname -a | grep Msys > /dev/null; then
   if [ $arch = "x86_64" ]; then
-    exec "${extensionPath}/builds/windows-x86_64" "$@"
+    exe="windows-x86_64"
   elif [ $arch = "i686" ]; then
-    exec "${extensionPath}/builds/windows-i386" "$@"
+    exe="windows-i386"
   elif [ $arch = "i386" ]; then
-    exec "${extensionPath}/builds/windows-i386" "$@"
+    exe="windows-i386"
   fi
 elif uname -a | grep Darwin > /dev/null; then
   if [ $arch = "x86_64" ]; then
-    exec "${extensionPath}/builds/darwin-x86_64" "$@"
+    exe="darwin-x86_64"
   fi
 elif uname -a | grep Linux > /dev/null; then
   if [ $arch = "x86_64" ]; then
-    exec "${extensionPath}/builds/linux-x86_64" "$@"
+    exe="linux-x86_64"
   elif [ $arch = "i686" ]; then
-    exec "${extensionPath}/builds/linux-i386" "$@"
+    exe="linux-i386"
   elif [ $arch = "i386" ]; then
-    exec "${extensionPath}/builds/linux-i386" "$@"
+    exe="linux-i386"
   fi
 fi
 
-if [ "$(which go)" = "" ]; then 
-	echo "go must be installed to use this gh extension on this platform"
-	exit 1
-fi
+if [ "${exe}" == "" ]; then
+  if [ "$(which go)" = "" ]; then
+    echo "go must be installed to use this gh extension on this platform"
+    exit 1
+  fi
 
-exe="cmd.out"
+  exe="cmd.out"
 
-cd "${extensionPath}" > /dev/null
-go build -o "${exe}"
-cd - > /dev/null
+  cd "${extensionPath}" > /dev/null
+  go build -o "${exe}"
+  cd - > /dev/null
+else
+  if [[ ! -x "${extensionPath}/${exe}" ]]; then
+    rm -f "${extensionPath}/${exe}"
+    gh release -R"${repo}" download "${tag}" -p "${exe}" --dir="${extensionPath}"
+    chmod +x "${extensionPath}/${exe}"
+  fi
+fi
 
 exec "${extensionPath}/${exe}" "$@"
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ad26045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# TODO ARM support. figure out mapping to uname -m output.
+
+tag="${1}"
+
+if [ "${tag}" == "" ]; then
+  echo "tag argument required"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+rm -rf dist
+GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o dist/darwin-x86_64
+GOOS=linux GOARCH=386 go build -o dist/linux-i386
+GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o dist/linux-x86_64
+GOOS=windows GOARCH=386 go build -o dist/windows-i386
+GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o dist/windows-x86_64
+
+gh release create $tag ./dist/* --title="${tag}" --notes "${tag}"