diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4dc8175..06a6a10 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 # contains all sorts of unfinished changes
-tests
+private
+
+# build folder
+dist
 
 #
 # macOS.gitignore
diff --git a/examples/build.sh b/examples/build-examples.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/build.sh
rename to examples/build-examples.sh
diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
index 978eb77..a882554 100644
--- a/tools/release.sh
+++ b/tools/release.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-zip -r -X --exclude="*.DS_Store*" "Eisvogel-${1}.zip" "examples" "eisvogel.tex" "icon.png" "LICENSE" "README.md"
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+rm -rf "dist"
+mkdir "dist"
+zip -r -X --exclude="*.DS_Store*" "dist/Eisvogel-${1}.zip" "examples" "eisvogel.tex" "icon.png" "LICENSE" "README.md"
+tar --exclude="*.DS_Store*" --include="examples" --include="eisvogel.tex" --include="icon.png" --include="LICENSE" --include="README.md" -zcvf "dist/Eisvogel-${1}.tar.gz" *
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