diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index b2e713a..09c3f22 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
 # build static binary
 
-	## make building faster (for development only)
-	# env CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -v
+## make building faster (for development only)
+# env CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -v
 
-	## ignore vendor dir
+## ignore vendor dir
 build(){	
 	echo moving vendor dir to vendor.mv && echo
 	mv -nvi vendor vendor.mv || true
@@ -14,4 +17,48 @@ build(){
 	echo putting back vendor dir
 	mv -nvi vendor.mv vendor
 }
-build && echo "successfully built static binary: markdownd"
+
+if [ -z "$@" ]; then 
+build && echo "successfully built static binary: markdownd" && \
+exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ "package" == "$1" ]; then
+# make sure we are in go package
+if [ -z "$(ls *go)" ]; then
+        echo not a go package
+        exit 111
+fi
+
+# grab make.go and make executable: https://github.com/aerth/make.go/
+
+if [ ! -x "$(which make.go)" ]; then
+	echo grab make.go and make executable: https://github.com/aerth/make.go/
+	exit 111
+fi
+env CGO_ENABLED=0 make.go -o pkg/ -all -v
+RWD=$(pwd)
+cd pkg && sha256sum * > ../SHA256.txt; cd $RWD;
+
+# package each file in 'pkg' dir
+for i in $(ls pkg); do
+        echo Packaging $i; 
+        mkdir -p $i; 
+        cp pkg/$i $i/$i; 
+        cp README.md $i/; 
+        cp LICENSE $i/; 
+        cp -avx docs $i/; 
+        mkdir -p $i/src; 
+        cp *.go $i/src/; 
+        cp SHA256.txt $i/;
+        zip -r $i.zip $i/;
+        tar czf $i.tar.gz $i; 
+        rm -rvf $i;
+done
+exit 0
+fi
+
+echo '
+build.sh usage: run with no arguments to build static binary
+./build.sh package to build release packages
+'
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