diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 04d36ab..a6c3c14 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -105,6 +105,23 @@ builds:
       - amd64
     main: .
     binary: datasetGetProposal
+  
+  - id: "scicat-cli"
+    flags:
+      - -trimpath
+    ldflags:
+      - "-s -w -X 'github.com/paulscherrerinstitute/scicat/cmd/commands.VERSION={{.Version}}'"
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    dir: ./cmd/
+    goos:
+      - linux
+      - windows
+      - darwin
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+    main: .
+    binary: scicat-cli
 
 
 archives:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9dd0a21..2e3d9e1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
 	github.com/mcuadros/go-version v0.0.0-20190830083331-035f6764e8d2
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.9 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.15.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ba3ecf1..1ce5c76 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 github.com/Netflix/go-expect v0.0.0-20220104043353-73e0943537d2 h1:+vx7roKuyA63nhn5WAunQHLTznkw5W8b1Xc0dNjp83s=
 github.com/Netflix/go-expect v0.0.0-20220104043353-73e0943537d2/go.mod h1:HBCaDeC1lPdgDeDbhX8XFpy1jqjK0IBG8W5K+xYqA0w=
-github.com/SwissOpenEM/globus v0.0.0-20240529134954-fe04e4b0eaf3/go.mod h1:HiMwPdtUdztPpnA0TamNWBBRPGYjEJWXSRUIV5vjqXc=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.17 h1:QeVUsEDNrLBW4tMgZHvxy18sKtr6VI492kBhUfhDJNI=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.17/go.mod h1:MOBLtS5ELjhRRrroQr9kyvTxUAFNvYEK993ew/Vr4O4=
@@ -30,8 +29,6 @@ github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 h1:r8bRNjWL3GshPW3gkd+RpvzWrZAwPS49OmTGZ/uhM4k=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -46,7 +43,5 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0 h1:hjy8E9ON/egN1tAYqKb61G10WtihqetD4sz2H+8nIeA=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=