diff --git a/gulpfile.babel.js b/gulpfile.babel.js
index 6c2adf11..568512e4 100644
--- a/gulpfile.babel.js
+++ b/gulpfile.babel.js
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ import gulpif from 'gulp-if';
 import uglify from 'gulp-uglify';
 import gulpsass from 'gulp-dart-sass'; // TODO: move to gulp-sass once they removed the node-sass depenency
 import postcss from 'gulp-postcss';
+import zip from 'gulp-zip';
 import glob from 'glob';
 import path from 'path';
+import subprocess from 'child_process';
+import fs from 'fs';
 
 // css post-processing
 import cssnano from 'cssnano';
@@ -244,10 +247,50 @@ function copyLocales(cb)
 function live(cb)
 {
 	watch('./scss/**/*.scss', css);
-	watch(['./js/**/*.js', '!!./js/viewjs/**/*.js'], js);
+	watch(['./js/**/*.js', '!./js/viewjs/**/*.js'], js);
 	watch('./js/vendor.js', vendor);
 	//watch('./js/viewjs/**/*.js', viewjs);
 	viewJStasks.forEach(elem => watch(elem, series([elem])));
 }
 
-export { build, js, vendor, viewjs, css, live, clean, resourceFileCopy, copyLocales }
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+function release(cb)
+{
+	return series(publish, bundle, done => { done(); cb(); })();
+}
+
+function bundle(cb)
+{
+	var version = subprocess.spawnSync('git', ['describe', '--tags'], {
+		cwd: process.cwd(),
+		stdio: 'pipe',
+	});
+	var today = new Date();
+
+	var versionObject = {
+		Version: version.output[1].toString().substring(1).replace('\n', ''),
+		ReleaseDate: today.getFullYear().toString() + "-" + today.getMonth().toString().padStart(2, "0") + "-" + today.getDay().toString().padStart(2, "0"),
+	};
+
+	fs.writeFileSync("version.json", JSON.stringify(versionObject, null, 2));
+
+	return src([
+		'**/*',
+		'!yarn.lock',
+		'!package.json',
+		'!postcss.config.js',
+		'!gulpfile.babel.js',
+		'!composer.json',
+		'!composer.lock',
+		'!node_modules/**',
+		'!js/',
+		'!scss/',
+		'!data/config.php',
+		'!data/storage/**',
+		'!data/grocy.db',
+		'data/.htaccess',
+		'public/.htaccess'
+	]).pipe(zip('grocy-' + versionObject.Version + '.zip'))
+		.pipe(dest('.release'))
+}
+
+export { build, js, vendor, viewjs, css, live, clean, resourceFileCopy, copyLocales, publish, release, bundle }
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97ba87ff..f90192d6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 		"gulp-postcss": "^9.0.0",
 		"gulp-sourcemaps": "^3.0.0",
 		"gulp-uglify": "^3.0.2",
+		"gulp-zip": "^5.1.0",
 		"install": "^0.13.0",
 		"lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
 		"node-sass-tilde-importer": "^1.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 484269cd..0d751191 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1979,6 +1979,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"buffer-crc32@npm:~0.2.3":
+  version: 0.2.13
+  resolution: "buffer-crc32@npm:0.2.13"
+  checksum: 0340e848d6fd87e49ef6f1067f31b2a8d2e71b433e9bb62ff3d9bc2499146f0be586b5b80b0d099c7110a226161b21cb6cd80162dd5a51d9ebdb03da58b99637
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "buffer-equal@npm:^1.0.0":
   version: 1.0.0
   resolution: "buffer-equal@npm:1.0.0"
@@ -4633,7 +4640,7 @@ fsevents@~2.3.2:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"get-stream@npm:^5.1.0":
+"get-stream@npm:^5.1.0, get-stream@npm:^5.2.0":
   version: 5.2.0
   resolution: "get-stream@npm:5.2.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -4973,6 +4980,7 @@ fsevents@~2.3.2:
     gulp-postcss: ^9.0.0
     gulp-sourcemaps: ^3.0.0
     gulp-uglify: ^3.0.2
+    gulp-zip: ^5.1.0
     install: ^0.13.0
     jquery: 3.5.1
     jquery-lazy: ^1.7.11
@@ -5128,6 +5136,24 @@ fsevents@~2.3.2:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"gulp-zip@npm:^5.1.0":
+  version: 5.1.0
+  resolution: "gulp-zip@npm:5.1.0"
+  dependencies:
+    get-stream: ^5.2.0
+    plugin-error: ^1.0.1
+    through2: ^3.0.1
+    vinyl: ^2.1.0
+    yazl: ^2.5.1
+  peerDependencies:
+    gulp: ">=4"
+  peerDependenciesMeta:
+    gulp:
+      optional: true
+  checksum: f81961d4b5eaab5d3b4f9e3d6d11e4944a2c8d73ebbc44affc586d810864d38bb35c590640e19e1e0d322a0c50738b358ddbf73ca0c1cf45e2e7c2fed5497d19
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "gulp@npm:^4.0.2":
   version: 4.0.2
   resolution: "gulp@npm:4.0.2"
@@ -12153,3 +12179,12 @@ fsevents@~2.3.2:
   checksum: 584b402e914284428224d7c6222593dc66f66fbeb6db834c8d951219c402ecb7d1124520244ce98238f314bc9dd9477301d808f77156997a9c0b8ded675e48ee
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
+
+"yazl@npm:^2.5.1":
+  version: 2.5.1
+  resolution: "yazl@npm:2.5.1"
+  dependencies:
+    buffer-crc32: ~0.2.3
+  checksum: ee9bd2f57dfe1bdca333749bbb42b5a9e68a39871a31d8eed93b5606b8dfa1a1dda89af5cfd274a455c0f5f5790d743538067f2468d3bc8cd4227cdc94bc6ec3
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard