diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index feba315..64121b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@ node_modules
 .lock-wscript
 
 .DS_Store
+
+# Generated files
 bundle.js
+dist/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4371084..ba292fb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,14 @@ before_install:
   - tar -xjf phantomjs-2.0.0-ubuntu-12.04.tar.bz2
   - export PATH=$PWD:$PATH
 script: npm run ci
+# whenever a tag is pushed, we deploy to github releases
+before_deploy: npm run release
+deploy:
+  provider: releases
+  api_key: $GH_TOKEN
+  file: "dist/chromeide.zip"
+  skip_cleanup: true
+  on:
+    tags: true
+    node: '0.10'
+    all_branches: true
diff --git a/gulpfile.babel.js b/gulpfile.babel.js
index 902e5e4..936fcd1 100644
--- a/gulpfile.babel.js
+++ b/gulpfile.babel.js
@@ -2,13 +2,26 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 
+const del = require('del');
 const gulp = require('gulp');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
+const zip = require('gulp-zip');
 const gutil = require('gulp-util');
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 
 const shouldWatch = (process.argv.indexOf('--watch') !== -1);
 
+const files = {
+  release: [
+    'manifest.json',
+    'index.html',
+    'bundle.js',
+    'background.js',
+    '_locales/**',
+    'icons/**'
+  ]
+};
+
 const webpackConfig = {
   entry: './client.js',
   output: {
@@ -65,4 +78,20 @@ function js(cb){
   });
 }
 
+function release(){
+  return gulp.src(files.release, { base: __dirname })
+    .pipe(zip('chromeide.zip'))
+    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
+}
+
+function postinstall(cb){
+  // .pem files cause Chrome to show a bunch of warnings
+  // so we remove them on postinstall
+  del('node_modules/**/*.pem', cb);
+}
+
+gulp.task(release);
+gulp.task(postinstall);
+
+gulp.task('gh-release', gulp.series(js, release));
 gulp.task('default', gulp.parallel(js));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8fd66c..7bd7ec9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@
     "browser-serialport": "git://github.com/garrows/browser-serialport#update",
     "chalk": "^1.0.0",
     "css-loader": "^0.9.1",
+    "del": "^1.1.1",
     "expect": "git://github.com/phated/expect",
     "gulp": "git://github.com/gulpjs/gulp#4.0",
     "gulp-util": "^3.0.4",
+    "gulp-zip": "^2.0.3",
     "html-loader": "^0.2.3",
     "json-loader": "^0.5.1",
     "level-js": "^2.1.6",
@@ -41,7 +43,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "zuul test/*.js --local --open",
     "ci": "zuul test/*.js --phantom",
-    "build": "gulp"
+    "build": "gulp",
+    "release": "gulp gh-release",
+    "postinstall": "gulp postinstall"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",