diff --git a/build/release-win.sh b/build/release-win.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8feb7db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/release-win.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+[[ -z $1 ]] && echo "you must give a version" && exit 1
+version=$1
+
+[[ ! -d ../par2release ]] && mkdir -p ../par2release
+
+git clean -xfd
+build/build-win32.sh
+mv par2.exe ../par2release
+(
+    cd ../par2release
+    zip par2cmdline-$version-win-x86.zip par2.exe
+    rm par2.exe
+)
+git clean -xfd
+build/build-win64.sh
+mv par2.exe ../par2release
+(
+    cd ../par2release
+    zip par2cmdline-$version-win-x64.zip par2.exe
+    rm par2.exe
+)
diff --git a/build/release.sh b/build/release.sh
index 63b896e8..e686cb84 100755
--- a/build/release.sh
+++ b/build/release.sh
@@ -14,29 +14,7 @@ mv par2cmdline-$version.tar.gz ../par2release
     cd ../par2release
     zcat par2cmdline-$version.tar.gz | bzip2 > par2cmdline-$version.tar.bz2
 )
-git clean -xfd
-build/build-win32.sh
-mv par2.exe ../par2release
-(
-    cd ../par2release
-    zip par2cmdline-$version-win-x86.zip par2.exe
-    rm par2.exe
-)
-git clean -xfd
-build/build-win64.sh
-mv par2.exe ../par2release
-(
-    cd ../par2release
-    zip par2cmdline-$version-win-x64.zip par2.exe
-    rm par2.exe
-)
 
-(
-    cd ../par2release
-    sha512sum *.tar* *.zip > checksums.sha512
-    for file in *.tar* *.zip; do
-        gpg --detach-sign $file
-    done
-)
+# build/release-win.sh
 
 git tag -a --sign v$version
diff --git a/build/sign-release.sh b/build/sign-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5eb49eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/sign-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+(
+    cd ../par2release
+    sha512sum *.tar* *.zip > checksums.sha512
+    for file in *.tar* *.zip; do
+        gpg --detach-sign $file
+    done
+)
+