diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 023cfca4..fc736eb1 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ shell-bind: .dapper
 clean:
 	@./scripts/clean
 
-release: release-build openstack
+release: .dapper release-build openstack
 
 release-build:
 	mkdir -p dist
diff --git a/scripts/ci b/scripts/ci
index 8b6570bc..4a47b18c 100755
--- a/scripts/ci
+++ b/scripts/ci
@@ -16,52 +16,3 @@ echo PACKAGE
 echo INTEGRATION-TEST
 ./scripts/integration-test
 
-CHECKSUM="dist/checksums.txt"
-rm -f $CHECKSUM
-
-cat scripts/hosting/rancheros.ipxe | sed "s/latest/${VERSION}/g" > dist/artifacts/rancheros.ipxe
-
-echo "github-release release --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --pre-release --draft" > dist/publish.sh
-chmod 755 dist/publish.sh
-
-for file in $(ls dist/artifacts/); do
-	if [[ "$file" == *"installer.tar" ]]; then
-		continue
-	fi
-	if [[ "$file" == "Dockerfile"* ]]; then
-		continue
-	fi
-
-	echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file ./dist/artifacts/${file} --name ${file}" >> dist/publish.sh
-	if [[ "$file" == "initrd-"* ]]; then
-		echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file ./dist/artifacts/${file} --name initrd" >> dist/publish.sh
-	fi
-	if [[ "$file" == "vmlinuz-"* ]]; then
-		echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file ./dist/artifacts/${file} --name vmlinuz" >> dist/publish.sh
-	fi
-
-	#checksums
-	pushd .
-	cd dist/artifacts
-	for algo in sha256 md5; do
-	    echo "$algo: $(${algo}sum $file)" >> ../../$CHECKSUM
-	done
-	popd
-done
-echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file dist/release.log --name release.log" >> dist/publish.sh
-echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file dist/rancheros-openstack.img --name rancheros-openstack.img" >> dist/publish.sh
-pushd .
-cd dist
-for algo in sha256 md5; do
-    echo "$algo: $(${algo}sum rancheros-openstack.img)" >> ../../$CHECKSUM
-done
-popd
-
-echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file ${CHECKSUM} --name checksums.txt" >> dist/publish.sh
-
-echo >> dist/publish.sh
-
-cat dist/images | sed 's/^/docker push /' >> dist/publish.sh
-
-echo "--- Run dist/publish.sh"
-cat dist/publish.sh
diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
index ef3e1916..9c9a77d5 100755
--- a/scripts/release
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -11,3 +11,56 @@ exec $(dirname $0)/ci
 # make generated changelog
 lastrelease=$(hub release | grep -v rc | head -n1 | tr -d ' \r\n')
 git log --format="%s: %b" ${lastrelease}..${VERSION}  | grep "Merge pull" | sed 's/.*\(#.*\) from .*:\(.*\)/* \1: \2/g' > dist/artifacts/changelog.txt
+
+CHECKSUM="dist/checksums.txt"
+rm -f $CHECKSUM
+
+cat scripts/hosting/rancheros.ipxe | sed "s/latest/${VERSION}/g" > dist/artifacts/rancheros.ipxe
+
+echo "github-release release --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --pre-release --draft" > dist/publish.sh
+chmod 755 dist/publish.sh
+
+for file in $(ls dist/artifacts/); do
+	if [[ "$file" == *"installer.tar" ]]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+	if [[ "$file" == "Dockerfile"* ]]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file ./dist/artifacts/${file} --name ${file}" >> dist/publish.sh
+	if [[ "$file" == "initrd-"* ]]; then
+		echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file ./dist/artifacts/${file} --name initrd" >> dist/publish.sh
+	fi
+	if [[ "$file" == "vmlinuz-"* ]]; then
+		echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file ./dist/artifacts/${file} --name vmlinuz" >> dist/publish.sh
+	fi
+
+	#checksums
+	pushd .
+	cd dist/artifacts
+	for algo in sha256 md5; do
+	    echo "$algo: $(${algo}sum $file)" >> ../../$CHECKSUM
+	done
+	popd
+done
+echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file dist/release.log --name release.log" >> dist/publish.sh
+
+# openstack image is made later atm
+#echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file dist/rancheros-openstack.img --name rancheros-openstack.img" >> dist/publish.sh
+#pushd .
+#cd dist
+#for algo in sha256 md5; do
+#    echo "$algo: $(${algo}sum rancheros-openstack.img)" >> ../../$CHECKSUM
+#done
+#popd
+
+echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file ${CHECKSUM} --name checksums.txt" >> dist/publish.sh
+echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file dist/artifacts/changelog.txt --name changelog.txt" >> dist/publish.sh
+
+echo >> dist/publish.sh
+
+cat dist/images | sed 's/^/docker push /' >> dist/publish.sh
+
+echo "--- Run dist/publish.sh"
+cat dist/publish.sh