diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index 49b40d4..f247f22 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     "test": "jest --runInBand --coverage",
     "lint": "scripts/qa.sh",
     "debug": "node --inspect-brk ./node_modules/.bin/jest --runInBand",
-    "retest": "scripts/build.sh; jest --runInBand --coverage"
+    "retest": "scripts/build.sh; jest --runInBand --coverage",
+    "dist": "scripts/dist.sh"
   },
   "private": true,
   "repository": "https://github.com/quantum9Innovation/proto.git",
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.12",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.57.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.57.1",
+    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.36.1",
     "eslint": "^8.37.0",
     "eslint-config-standard-with-typescript": "^34.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.27.5",
diff --git a/api/scripts/dist.sh b/api/scripts/dist.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6ece52b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/scripts/dist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo 'Building API from .'
+yarn run tsc -p tsconfig.json
+echo 'API built to compiled/'
+echo '======================'
+echo 'Rebuilding frontend from frontend/src/'
+yarn run tsc -p frontend/src/tsconfig.json
+echo 'Frontend built to frontend/webjs/'
+echo '================================='
+echo 'Compiling API to single file'
+rm -r dist
+yarn run ncc build compiled/run.js -o dist
+echo 'API compiled to dist/index.js'
+echo '================================='
+echo 'Cleaning up generated distributions'
+rm -r dist/frontend/src
+rm dist/frontend/webjs/*.map
+echo 'Cleaned distributions'
+echo '====================='
+echo 'Generating tarball'
+cp package.json dist/package.json
+cp config.json dist/config.json
+touch dist/bootstrap.sh
+printf "#!bin/bash\n" >> dist/bootstrap.sh
+printf "cd ..\n" >> dist/bootstrap.sh
+printf "mkdir frontend\n" >> dist/bootstrap.sh
+printf "mv dist/frontend/index.html frontend/index.html\n" >> dist/bootstrap.sh
+printf "cd dist; yarn install\n" >> dist/bootstrap.sh
+touch dist/start.sh
+printf "#!bin/bash\n" >> dist/start.sh
+printf "node .\n" >> dist/start.sh
+tar -czvf dist/dist.tar.gz dist
+echo 'Tarball generated'
+echo '================='
+echo $'\nSee the dist/ folder for all generated assets.'
+echo 'To start here, run: '
+echo '> node dist/index.js'
+echo $'\nAlternatively, to run in production, move dist/dist.tar.gz to the desired location'
+echo 'Then, run the bootstrapper from within the extracted location: '
+echo '> ./bootstrap.sh'
+echo 'Make any necessary changes to config.json and then run:'
+echo '> ./start.sh'
diff --git a/api/yarn.lock b/api/yarn.lock
index f86022c..b2eba82 100644
--- a/api/yarn.lock
+++ b/api/yarn.lock
@@ -1279,6 +1279,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@vercel/ncc@npm:^0.36.1":
+  version: 0.36.1
+  resolution: "@vercel/ncc@npm:0.36.1"
+  dependencies:
+    node-gyp: latest
+  bin:
+    ncc: dist/ncc/cli.js
+  checksum: dcb8db089b07a8fad64c24eef25be6bc2db7ba30582a03236e3a6d332c8653d93a45aba7fe0e01b6d64f3c5b54d23467539ac3664c113f54a9e59341ded79bf9
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "abbrev@npm:^1.0.0":
   version: 1.1.1
   resolution: "abbrev@npm:1.1.1"
@@ -4929,6 +4940,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/supertest": ^2.0.12
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": ^5.57.1
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": ^5.57.1
+    "@vercel/ncc": ^0.36.1
     body-parser: ^1.20.1
     eslint: ^8.37.0
     eslint-config-standard-with-typescript: ^34.0.0