diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 647d88c54..9ced34fb8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ node_modules
 dist
 out
 .DS_Store
+release
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 540780cf2..8b6f956db 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
 - 8.9.3
+env:
+  - VERSION="1.31.1-$TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER"
 matrix:
   include:
   - os: linux
@@ -12,22 +14,24 @@ before_install:
 script:
 - scripts/build.sh
 before_deploy:
-- export TRAVIS_TAG="1.31.1-$TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER"
-- echo "$TRAVIS_TAG" "$TRAVIS_COMMIT"
+- echo "$VERSION" "$TRAVIS_COMMIT"
 - git config --local user.name "$USER_NAME"
 - git config --local user.email "$USER_EMAIL"
-- git tag "$TRAVIS_TAG" "$TRAVIS_COMMIT"
+- git tag "$VERSION" "$TRAVIS_COMMIT"
+- yarn task package "$VERSION"
 deploy:
   provider: releases
   file_glob: true
   draft: true
-  tag_name: $TRAVIS_TAG
-  target_commitish: $TRAVIS_COMMIT
-  name: $TRAVIS_TAG
+  tag_name: "$VERSION"
+  target_commitish: "$TRAVIS_COMMIT"
+  name: "$VERSION"
   skip_cleanup: true
   api_key:
     secure: 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
-  file: packages/server/cli-*
+  file:
+    - release/*.tar.gz
+    - release/*.zip
   on:
     repo: codercom/code-server
     branch: master
diff --git a/build/tasks.ts b/build/tasks.ts
index 431fe502f..0831fb5f4 100644
--- a/build/tasks.ts
+++ b/build/tasks.ts
@@ -260,4 +260,30 @@ const ensurePatched = register("vscode:patch", async (runner) => {
 	}
 });
 
+register("package", async (runner, releaseTag) => {
+	if (!releaseTag) {
+		throw new Error("Please specify the release tag.");
+	}
+
+	const releasePath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../release");
+
+	const archiveName = `code-server-${releaseTag}-${os.platform()}-${os.arch()}`;
+	const archiveDir = path.join(releasePath, archiveName);
+	fse.removeSync(archiveDir);
+	fse.mkdirpSync(archiveDir);
+
+	const binaryPath = path.join(__dirname, `../packages/server/cli-${os.platform()}-${os.arch()}`);
+	const binaryDestination = path.join(archiveDir, "code-server");
+	fse.copySync(binaryPath, binaryDestination);
+	fs.chmodSync(binaryDestination, "755");
+	["README.md", "LICENSE"].forEach((fileName) => {
+		fse.copySync(path.resolve(__dirname, `../${fileName}`), path.join(archiveDir, fileName));
+	});
+
+	runner.cwd = releasePath;
+	await os.platform() === "linux"
+		? runner.execute("tar", ["-cvzf", `${archiveName}.tar.gz`, `${archiveName}`])
+		: runner.execute("zip", ["-r", `${archiveName}.zip`, `${archiveName}`]);
+});
+
 run();
diff --git a/packages/runner/src/runner.ts b/packages/runner/src/runner.ts
index f057aa1b0..93bea4837 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/runner/src/runner.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ const execute = (command: string, args: string[] = [], options: cp.SpawnOptions,
 	return prom;
 };
 
-export type TaskFunction = (runner: Runner) => void | Promise<void>;
+// tslint:disable-next-line no-any
+export type TaskFunction = (runner: Runner, ...args: any[]) => void | Promise<void>;
 
 export interface Runner {
 	cwd: string;
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ export const run = (name: string = process.argv[2]): void | Promise<void> => {
 				env: env as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
 			}, log);
 		},
-	});
+	}, ...process.argv.slice(3));
 
 	if (prom) {
 		activated.set(name, prom);
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/nexe.js b/packages/server/scripts/nexe.js
index 8c1a29fb1..5de18bd4c 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/nexe.js
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/nexe.js
@@ -14,16 +14,17 @@ fs.writeFileSync(shimPath, shimContent);
 
 const nexe = require("nexe");
 
+const target = `${os.platform()}-${os.arch()}`;
 nexe.compile({
 	debugBundle: true,
 	input: path.join(__dirname, "../out/cli.js"),
-	output: `cli-${process.env.TRAVIS_OS_NAME || os.platform()}`,
-	targets: [os.platform()],
+	output: `cli-${target}`,
+	targets: [target],
 	/**
 	 * To include native extensions, do NOT install node_modules for each one. They
 	 * are not required as each extension is built using webpack.
 	 */
-resources: [
+	resources: [
 		path.join(__dirname, "../package.json"),
 		path.join(__dirname, "../build/**/*"),
 	],
diff --git a/packages/server/src/cli.ts b/packages/server/src/cli.ts
index 7bedae71f..2f1da114a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/cli.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class Entry extends Command {
 			}
 		}
 
-		logger.info("\u001B[1mcode-server v1.0.0");
+		logger.info(`\u001B[1mcode-server ${process.env.VERSION ? `v${process.env.VERSION}` : "development"}`);
 		// TODO: fill in appropriate doc url
 		logger.info("Additional documentation: http://github.com/codercom/code-server");
 		logger.info("Initializing", field("data-dir", dataDir), field("working-dir", workingDir), field("log-dir", logDir));
diff --git a/packages/server/webpack.config.js b/packages/server/webpack.config.js
index 0df82de3f..596ff0be3 100644
--- a/packages/server/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/server/webpack.config.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = merge(
 		},
 		resolve: {
 			alias: {
-				"node-pty": "node-pty-prebuilt",	
+				"node-pty": "node-pty-prebuilt",
 			},
 		},
 		externals: ["tslib", "trash"],
diff --git a/scripts/webpack.general.config.js b/scripts/webpack.general.config.js
index 26587519a..83215fa8c 100644
--- a/scripts/webpack.general.config.js
+++ b/scripts/webpack.general.config.js
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ module.exports = (options = {}) => ({
 			"process.env.NODE_ENV": `"${environment}"`,
 			"process.env.LOG_LEVEL": `"${process.env.LOG_LEVEL || ""}"`,
 			"process.env.SERVICE_URL": `"${process.env.SERVICE_URL || ""}"`,
+			"process.env.VERSION": `"${process.env.VERSION || ""}"`,
 		}),
 	],
 	stats: {