diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c742e6a..571d6e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 .DS_Store
-
-*.iml
\ No newline at end of file
+*.iml
+target
diff --git a/create-release.sh b/create-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ff5eaf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+OUTPUT_DIR=target
+TAR_FILE=${OUTPUT_DIR}/dev-nginx.tar.gz
+REPORT_FILE=${OUTPUT_DIR}/report.txt
+
+rm -rf ${OUTPUT_DIR}
+mkdir -p ${OUTPUT_DIR}
+
+tar -zcf ${TAR_FILE} bin script
+SHA256=$(shasum -a 256 ${TAR_FILE})
+
+echo -e "$(date)\n${SHA256}" >> ${REPORT_FILE}
+
+cat ${REPORT_FILE}
diff --git a/script/add-to-hosts-file b/script/add-to-hosts-file
index 207e96b..ff21482 100755
--- a/script/add-to-hosts-file
+++ b/script/add-to-hosts-file
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+set -e
+
 # colours
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 NC='\033[0m' # no colour - reset console colour
diff --git a/script/link-config b/script/link-config
index a21188e..e328a86 100755
--- a/script/link-config
+++ b/script/link-config
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+set -e
+
 # colours
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 NC='\033[0m' # no colour - reset console colour
diff --git a/script/locate-nginx b/script/locate-nginx
index c7426a5..a6d81b1 100755
--- a/script/locate-nginx
+++ b/script/locate-nginx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+set -e
+
 nginx -V 2>&1 | grep "configure arguments:" | sed 's/[^*]*conf-path=\([^ ]*\)\/nginx\.conf.*/\1/g'
diff --git a/script/restart-nginx b/script/restart-nginx
index b48aa82..f7c709d 100755
--- a/script/restart-nginx
+++ b/script/restart-nginx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+set -e
+
 # colours
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 NC='\033[0m' # no colour - reset console colour