diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 44c457b..81bb120 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ dist
 .DS_Store
 .idea
 cmd/aces/aces
+cmd/aces/dist
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index eba9e38..0000000
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-before:
-  hooks:
-    - go mod download
-builds:
-  - env:
-      - CGO_ENABLED=0
-    goos:
-      - freebsd
-      - windows
-      - darwin
-      - linux
-    goarch:
-      - amd64
-      - arm
-      - arm64
-      - 386
-    main: ./cmd/aces
-    dir: ./cmd/aces
-    ldflags:
-      - -s -w -X main.version=v{{.Version}} # -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.Date}}
-    ignore: # problems with build
-      - goos: windows
-        goarch: arm64
-# archives:
-  # - replacements:
-  #     darwin: Darwin
-  #     linux: Linux
-  #     windows: Windows
-  #     386: 32-bit
-  #     amd64: x86_64
-    # format_overrides:
-    #   - goos: windows
-    #     format: zip
-checksum:
-  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
-snapshot:
-  name_template: "{{ .Tag }}-next"
-changelog:
-  sort: asc
-  filters:
-    exclude:
-      - '^docs:'
-      - '^test:'
-brews:
-  -
-    # Repository to push the tap to.
-    tap:
-      owner: quackduck
-      name: homebrew-tap
-
-    homepage: 'https://github.com/quackduck/aces'
-
-    description: 'Encode in a character set of your choice'
diff --git a/cmd/aces/.goreleaser.yml b/cmd/aces/.goreleaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c92dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/aces/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+version: 1
+
+before:
+  hooks:
+    # You may remove this if you don't use go modules.
+    - go mod tidy
+
+builds:
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    goos:
+      - linux
+      - windows
+      - darwin
+    # main: ./cmd/aces
+    id: "aces"
+    binary: aces
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X main.version=v{{.Version}} # -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.Date}}
+
+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
+
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - "^docs:"
+      - "^test:"
+
+brews:
+  -
+    repository:
+      owner: quackduck
+      name: homebrew-tap
+
+    homepage: 'https://github.com/quackduck/aces'
+
+    description: 'Encode in a character set of your choice'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/aces/go.mod b/cmd/aces/go.mod
index cd8b434..777ea82 100644
--- a/cmd/aces/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/aces/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ module aces
 
 go 1.22.2
 
-require github.com/quackduck/aces/v2 v2.2.4
+require github.com/quackduck/aces/v2 v2.2.9
 
-replace github.com/quackduck/aces/v2 v2.2.4 => ../../v2
+replace github.com/quackduck/aces/v2 => ../../v2
diff --git a/cmd/aces/go.sum b/cmd/aces/go.sum
index 0aaef72..f94f296 100644
--- a/cmd/aces/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/aces/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-github.com/quackduck/aces v1.2.1 h1:T5Pp7zwP21Oua5kyN92/ODzpSbRvr7Eazh1dlP2GhHs=
-github.com/quackduck/aces v1.2.1/go.mod h1:vYQb2Re9/zAjQhTsr5eG3jtOz0iLY/Ris8Cc5e0IxXQ=
-github.com/quackduck/aces/v2 v2.2.4 h1:0vyLzsedncHpBoqYUPU7RTfGuXMfGoUracpDsfOM/Y0=
-github.com/quackduck/aces/v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:qetNncozEsd0YeiA+R9dzE91kHYfWIfy/0cR2Qzamhc=
+github.com/quackduck/aces/v2 v2.2.9 h1:Q2eisMPmSPKSu8HXwmNBoN+ayF/LDw3s7gV9NB+0++Y=
+github.com/quackduck/aces/v2 v2.2.9/go.mod h1:qetNncozEsd0YeiA+R9dzE91kHYfWIfy/0cR2Qzamhc=