diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4552abac..3cea31e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-dist
+backend/dist
 sqlfmt
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e5629476..00000000
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-builds:
-- env:
-  - CGO_ENABLED=0
-  goarch:
-    - amd64
-  goos:
-    - linux
-    - darwin
-    - windows
-archive:
-  files:
-  - none*
diff --git a/backend/.goreleaser.yaml b/backend/.goreleaser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3e7963e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# This is an example .goreleaser.yml file with some sensible defaults.
+# Make sure to check the documentation at https://goreleaser.com
+before:
+  hooks:
+    # You may remove this if you don't use go modules.
+    - go mod tidy
+    # you may remove this if you don't need go generate
+    - go generate ./...
+builds:
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    goos:
+      - linux
+      - windows
+      - darwin
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+
+archives:
+  - format: tar.gz
+    # this name template makes the OS and Arch compatible with the results of uname.
+    name_template: >-
+      {{ .ProjectName }}_
+      {{- title .Os }}_
+      {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
+      {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386
+      {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
+      {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
+    # use zip for windows archives
+    format_overrides:
+    - goos: windows
+      format: zip
+checksum:
+  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
+snapshot:
+  name_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - '^docs:'
+      - '^test:'
+
+# The lines beneath this are called `modelines`. See `:help modeline`
+# Feel free to remove those if you don't want/use them.
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://goreleaser.com/static/schema.json
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0 fo=cnqoj
diff --git a/build.md b/build.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33287f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+tag:
+
+git tag v0.X.0
+git push origin v0.x.0
+
+build:
+
+cd backend
+export GITHUB_TOKEN=BLAH
+goreleaser release