diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e37b44d..f9917b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Used to store github access token for releasing
+/access_token
+
 ################
 #   IntelliJ   #
 ################
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9a30a5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <version>"
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f access_token ]; then
+    echo "Place your access token in a file called access_token"
+    exit -2
+fi
+
+VERSION=$1
+ACCESS_TOKEN=$(<access_token)
+
+API_JSON=$(printf '{"tag_name": "v%s","target_commitish": "master","name": "v%s","body": "Release of version %s","draft": true,"prerelease": false}' $VERSION $VERSION $VERSION)
+curl --data "$API_JSON" https://api.github.com/repos/vidstige/jadb/releases?access_token=$ACCESS_TOKEN