diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index a7e31d42c3..7e7e01e29b 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -510,10 +510,58 @@ gulp.task('prepare', function(){
 
 });
 
-gulp.task('prepublish', ['prepare'], function(done){
+gulp.task('prerelease', ['prepare'], function(done){
   runSequence('package', done);
 });
 
+gulp.task('publish.github', function(done){
+  var changelog = require('conventional-changelog');
+  var GithubApi = require('github');
+  var packageJSON = require('./package.json');
+
+  var github = new GithubApi({
+    version: '3.0.0'
+  });
+
+  github.authenticate({
+    type: 'oauth',
+    token: process.env.GH_TOKEN
+  });
+
+  return changelog({
+    preset: 'angular'
+  })
+  .pipe(through2.obj(function(file, enc, cb){
+    github.releases.createRelease({
+      owner: 'driftyco',
+      repo: 'ionic',
+      tag_name: 'v' + packageJSON.version,
+      name: packageJSON.version,
+      body: file.toString()
+    }, done);
+  }));
+});
+
+gulp.task('publish.npm', function(done) {
+  var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+  var npmCmd = spawn('npm', ['publish', './dist']);
+
+  npmCmd.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
+    console.log(data.toString());
+  });
+
+  npmCmd.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
+    console.log('npm err: ' + data.toString());
+  });
+
+  npmCmd.on('close', function() {
+    done();
+  });
+});
+
+gulp.task('release', ['publish.npm', 'publish.github']);
+
 require('./scripts/docs/gulp-tasks')(gulp, flags)
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd28b37213..256bc3da88 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "https://github.com/driftyco/ionic2.git"
+    "url": "https://github.com/driftyco/ionic.git"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "gulp karma",
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "canonical-path": "0.0.2",
     "connect": "^3.3.4",
+    "conventional-changelog": "^0.5.3",
     "cpr": "^0.4.1",
     "del": "~1.1.1",
     "dgeni": "^0.4.1",
     "dgeni-packages": "^0.10.18",
     "event-stream": "^3.3.1",
+    "github": "^0.2.4",
     "glob": "^5.0.14",
     "gulp": "~3.8.10",
     "gulp-autoprefixer": "^2.3.0",
@@ -86,4 +88,4 @@
       "path": "node_modules/ionic-cz-conventional-changelog"
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
index d6d65a7c6e..08ce3d827e 100644
--- a/scripts/README.md
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 ### Releasing Ionic Source
 
-1. Run `gulp prepublish`
+1. Run `gulp prerelease`
   - Pulls latest
   - updates package.json minor version
   - updates changelog
@@ -57,9 +57,12 @@
 
 2. Verify that changelog changes and package.json update are correct (`git status` && `git diff`)
 3. Run [snapshot](#running-snapshot) & update if necessary
-4. Publish to npm: `npm publish ./dist`
 5. Commit and push
-6. Sit back and have a beer :beer: (or wine :wine_glass:)
+6. Run `gulp release`
+  - publishes to npm
+  - Creates a new tag and release on Github
+
+7. Sit back and have a beer :beer: (or wine :wine_glass:)
 
 ### Releasing Component Demos
 See [ionic-preview-app](https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-preview-app#updating-ionic-site)