diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 89c636890d..4157ba71e8 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+var GithubApi = require('github');
 var gulp = require('gulp');
 var path = require('canonical-path');
 var pkg = require('./package.json');
@@ -229,10 +230,10 @@ gulp.task('release-tweet', function(done) {
   var client = new twitter(oauth);
   client.statuses(
     'update',
-    { 
-      status: argv.test ? 
-        'This is a test.' : 
-        buildConfig.releaseMessage() 
+    {
+      status: argv.test ?
+        'This is a test.' :
+        buildConfig.releaseMessage()
     },
     oauth.accessToken,
     oauth.accessTokenSecret,
@@ -255,6 +256,30 @@ gulp.task('release-irc', function(done) {
   });
 });
 
+gulp.task('release-github', function(done) {
+  var github = new GithubApi({
+    version: '3.0.0'
+  });
+  github.authenticate({
+    type: 'oauth',
+    token: process.env.GH_TOKEN
+  });
+  makeChangelog({
+    standalone: true
+  })
+  .then(function(log) {
+    var version = 'v' + pkg.version;
+    github.releases.createRelease({
+      owner: 'driftyco',
+      repo: 'ionic',
+      tag_name: version,
+      name: version + ' "' + pkg.codename + '"',
+      body: log
+    }, done);
+  })
+  .fail(done);
+});
+
 gulp.task('release-discourse', function(done) {
   var oldPostUrl = buildConfig.releasePostUrl;
   var newPostUrl;
@@ -270,11 +295,11 @@ gulp.task('release-discourse', function(done) {
       form: {
         api_key: process.env.DISCOURSE_TOKEN,
         api_username: 'Ionitron',
-        title: argv.test ? 
+        title: argv.test ?
           ('This is a test. ' + Date.now()) :
           'v' + pkg.version + ' "' + pkg.codename + '" released!',
         raw: argv.test ?
-          ('This is a test. Again! ' + Date.now()) : 
+          ('This is a test. Again! ' + Date.now()) :
           content
       }
     });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index adacbd927f..ea33822b3f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
     "node-uuid": "^1.4.1",
     "js-yaml": "^3.0.2",
     "protractor": "^0.23.1",
-    "q": "^1.0.1"
+    "q": "^1.0.1",
+    "github": "^0.2.1"
   },
   "licenses": [
     {
diff --git a/scripts/circle/deploy.sh b/scripts/circle/deploy.sh
index 254c38659a..301d2d2768 100755
--- a/scripts/circle/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/circle/deploy.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ function run {
     # Push release to ionic repo: release only
     if [[ "$IS_RELEASE" == "true" ]]; then
       ./scripts/release/publish.sh
+      node_modules/.bin/gulp release-discourse
+      node_modules/.bin/gulp release-github
       node_modules/.bin/gulp release-tweet
       node_modules/.bin/gulp release-irc
     fi
diff --git a/scripts/release/publish.sh b/scripts/release/publish.sh
index 4b415a25d2..a24538527b 100755
--- a/scripts/release/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/publish.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function run {
 
   git add -A
   git commit -am "release: v$VERSION \"$CODENAME\""
-  git tag -f -m v$VERSION v$VERSION
+  git tag -f v$VERSION
 
   git push -q origin master
   git push -q origin v$VERSION