diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index cf1810cc..3bcb43b6 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -10,16 +10,15 @@ notify:
     webhook_url: $$slack_webhook
 publish:
   report_card: {}
-  docker:
-    docker_host: $$docker_server
-    email: $$docker_email
-    image_name: clever/wag
-    password: $$docker_password
-    registry_login: true
-    tags:
-    - $(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-    - latest
-    username: $$docker_username
+  github:
+    artifacts:
+    - release
+    repo: wag
+    script:
+    - make release
+    tag: v$(cat VERSION)
+    token: $$github_token
+    user: Clever
     when:
       branch: master
 script:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ab0a943..2ace5556 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ bin/
 
 vendor/
 badcode.txt
+release/
+.DS_Store
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 72caa292..73f4f4c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 include golang.mk
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := test # override default goal set in library makefile
-.PHONY: test build
+.PHONY: test build release
 PKG := github.com/Clever/wag
 PKGS := $(shell go list ./... | grep -v /vendor | grep -v /samples/gen* | grep -v /hardcoded)
+VERSION := $(shell head -n 1 VERSION)
+EXECUTABLE := wag
+
 $(eval $(call golang-version-check,1.7))
 
 MOCKGEN := $(GOPATH)/bin/mockgen
@@ -11,8 +14,7 @@ $(MOCKGEN):
 	go get -u github.com/golang/mock/mockgen
 
 build: hardcoded/hardcoded.go
-	# disable CGO and link completely statically (this is to enable us to run in containers that don't use glibc)
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -installsuffix cgo -o bin/wag
+	go build -o bin/wag
 
 test: build generate $(PKGS)
 
@@ -43,3 +45,11 @@ $(GOPATH)/bin/glide:
 
 install_deps: $(GOPATH)/bin/glide
 	$(GOPATH)/bin/glide install -v
+
+release: hardcoded/hardcoded.go
+	GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-s -w -X main.version=$(VERSION)" -o="$@/$(EXECUTABLE)"
+	tar -C $@ -zcvf "$@/$(EXECUTABLE)-$(VERSION)-linux-amd64.tar.gz" $(EXECUTABLE)
+	@rm "$@/$(EXECUTABLE)"
+	GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-s -w -X main.version=$(VERSION)" -o="$@/$(EXECUTABLE)"
+	tar -C $@ -zcvf "$@/$(EXECUTABLE)-$(VERSION)-darwin-amd64.tar.gz" $(EXECUTABLE)
+	@rm "$@/$(EXECUTABLE)"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c6aa7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.0
\ No newline at end of file