diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f1d5c446ec..7ce7a3c814 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
 UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
+.env
 
 .package.tmp.json
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f99e39750..8e11fd658a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     "del": "2.2.2",
     "dgeni": "^0.4.7",
     "dgeni-packages": "^0.16.10",
+    "dotenv": "4.0.0",
     "event-stream": "3.3.4",
     "file-loader": "0.9.0",
     "fs-extra": "^2.0.0",
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@
     "rollup-plugin-node-resolve": "3.0.0",
     "rollup-plugin-uglify": "1.0.1",
     "run-sequence": "1.2.2",
+    "s3": "4.4.0",
     "sassdoc": "2.2.1",
     "semver": "5.3.0",
     "serve-static": "1.11.1",
diff --git a/scripts/docs/deploy.sh b/scripts/docs/deploy.sh
index 1e93393f15..ee9fa98abb 100755
--- a/scripts/docs/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/docs/deploy.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ function run {
   cd ..
   VERSION=$(readJsonProp "package.json" "version")
 
-  #compile API Demos
+  # download and copy over API Demos
+  ./node_modules/.bin/gulp demos.download
   ./node_modules/.bin/gulp docs.demos --production=true
 
   # if release, copy old version to seperate folder and blow out docs root api
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/demos.prod.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/demos.prod.ts
index c2e7141dac..308c5d0fea 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/tasks/demos.prod.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/demos.prod.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as glob from 'glob';
 import { task } from 'gulp';
 import * as del from 'del';
 import * as runSequence from 'run-sequence';
+import * as s3 from 's3';
 import { argv } from 'yargs';
 
 
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ import { createTempTsConfig, getFolderInfo, runAppScriptsBuild, writePolyfills }
 
 import * as pAll from 'p-all';
 
+import * as dotenv from 'dotenv';
+dotenv.config();
+
 task('demos.prepare', (done: Function) => {
   runSequence('demos.clean', 'demos.polyfill', 'demos.sass', (err: any) => done(err));
 });
@@ -95,9 +99,19 @@ function buildDemo(filePath: string) {
   const appNgModulePath = join(dirname(filePath), 'app.module.ts');
   const distDir = join(distTestRoot, 'www');
 
-  return runAppScriptsBuild(appEntryPoint, appNgModulePath, ionicAngularDir, distDir, pathToWriteFile, ionicAngularDir, sassConfigPath, copyConfigPath).then(() => {
+  return runAppScriptsBuild(
+    appEntryPoint, 
+    appNgModulePath, 
+    ionicAngularDir, 
+    distDir, 
+    pathToWriteFile, 
+    ionicAngularDir, 
+    sassConfigPath, 
+    copyConfigPath
+  ).then(() => {
     const end = Date.now();
     console.log(`${filePath} took a total of ${(end - start) / 1000} seconds to build`);
+    uploadToS3(pathToWriteFile);
   });
 }
 
@@ -112,6 +126,78 @@ function chunkArrayInGroups(arr, size) {
   return result;
 }
 
+function uploadToS3(path) {
+  // fail silently if envars not present
+  if (!process.env.AWS_KEY || !process.env.AWS_SECRET) {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {resolve();});
+  }
+
+  let client = s3.createClient({
+    s3Options: {
+      accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_KEY,
+      secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET
+    },
+  });
+
+  // get demo name from path
+  let demo = path.split('/')[path.split('/').length - 2];
+
+  let params = {
+    localDir: path.replace('tsconfig.json',''),
+    deleteRemoved: true, 
+    s3Params: {
+      Bucket: "ionic-demos",
+      Prefix: demo,
+    },
+  };
+
+  var uploader = client.uploadDir(params);
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {    
+    uploader.on('error', function(err) {
+      console.error("s3 Upload Error:", err.stack);
+      reject();
+    });
+    uploader.on('end', function() {
+      console.log(demo, " demo uploaded to s3");
+      resolve();
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+task('demos.download', (done: Function) => {
+  if (!process.env.AWS_KEY || !process.env.AWS_SECRET) {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {resolve();});
+  }
+
+  let client = s3.createClient({
+    s3Options: {
+      accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_KEY,
+      secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET
+    },
+  });
+
+  let params = {
+    localDir: join(process.cwd(), 'dist', 'demos', 'src'),
+    s3Params: {
+      Bucket: "ionic-demos",
+    },
+  };
+
+  let uploader = client.downloadDir(params);
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {    
+    uploader.on('error', function(err) {
+      console.error("s3 Download Error:", err.stack);
+      reject();
+    });
+    uploader.on('end', function() {
+      console.log("Demos downloaded from s3");
+      resolve();
+    });
+  });
+})
+
 task('demos.clean', (done: Function) => {
   // this is a super hack, but it works for now
   if (argv.skipClean) {