diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b39e3da8..353b24eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 name: Release
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - next-gen
+    tags: ["release"]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
 jobs:
   build:
   # Builds an x64 binary and an installer of TW Blue.
-    runs-on: windows-2019
+    runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
       - name: clone repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -22,14 +23,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install python packages
         run: python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-      - name: Get nsis
-        run: |
-          iwr -useb get.scoop.sh -outfile 'install.ps1'
-          .\install.ps1 -RunAsAdmin
-          scoop update
-          scoop bucket add extras
-          scoop install nsis
-
       - name: Build binary
         run: |
           .\scripts\build.ps1
@@ -37,12 +30,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: make installer
         run: |
-          cd src
-          python write_version_data.py
-          cd ../scripts
+          cd scripts
           makensis twblue.nsi
 
       - name: Create new release
         env:
           gh_token: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: gh release create snapshot -n "This release is a snapshot of the current development version of twblue." -p -t "Snapshot" scripts\TWBlue_setup.exe
+        run: |
+          mkdir .release-assets
+          mv scripts\TWBlue_setup.exe .release-assets\TWBlue_setup_$(cat version.txt).exe
+          7z a -tzip .release-assets\TWBlue_portable_$(cat version.txt).zip scripts\TWBlue64
+          gh release create release -p -t "Version $(cat version.txt)" .release-assets\TWBlue_setup_$(cat version.txt).exe .release-assets\TWBlue_portable_$(cat version.txt).zip
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b28d20b6..d769453c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ release-snapshot/
 src/com_cache/
 doc/strings.py
 doc/changelog.py
-env/
\ No newline at end of file
+env/
+version.txt
diff --git a/scripts/build.ps1 b/scripts/build.ps1
index 0f92d849..0c37577a 100644
--- a/scripts/build.ps1
+++ b/scripts/build.ps1
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ echo "done."
 
 echo "Building binary..."
 cd src
+python write_version_data.py
 python setup.py build
 cd ..
 echo "done."
diff --git a/src/write_version_data.py b/src/write_version_data.py
index 2136c3a0..7d097372 100644
--- a/src/write_version_data.py
+++ b/src/write_version_data.py
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ commit_info = requests.get("https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/23482196/reposito
 commit_info = commit_info.json()
 commit = commit_info["short_id"]
 print("Got new version info: {commit}".format(commit=commit,))
+new_version = commit_info["created_at"][:10].replace("-", ".")
 file = open("application.py", "r", encoding="utf-8")
 lines = file.readlines()
-lines[-1] = 'version = "{}"'.format(commit_info["created_at"][:10].replace("-", "."))
+lines[-1] = 'version = "{}"'.format(new_version)
 file.close()
 file2 = open("application.py", "w", encoding="utf-8")
 file2.writelines(lines)
@@ -22,9 +23,15 @@ print("Wrote application.py with the new version info.")
 print("Updating next version on installer setup...")
 file = open("..\\scripts\\twblue.nsi", "r", encoding="utf-8")
 contents = file.read()
-contents = contents.replace("0.95", commit_info["created_at"][:10].replace("-", "."))
+contents = contents.replace("0.95", new_version)
 file.close()
 file2 = open("..\\scripts\\twblue.nsi", "w", encoding="utf-8")
 file2.write(contents)
 file2.close()
 print("done")
+
+print("Writing new version to version.txt")
+version_txt = open("../version.txt", "w", encoding="utf8")
+version_txt.write(new_version)
+version_txt.close()
+print("Done.")