diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 651d54ade..47615f67f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ image: maven:3-jdk-14
 release:
   stage: build
   script:
-    - "ls /usr/bin/"
-#  - "mvn -e package"
-#  - "ls target"
-#  - "unzip -d target/release target/kickc-release.zip"
-#  - "mv target/release/kickc/jar/kickc-release.jar target/release/kickc/jar/kickc-${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}.jar"
-#  - "mkdir ./kickc"
-#  - "mv target/release/kickc/* ./kickc/"
-#  - "cat target/site/jacoco/index.html"
+  - "mvn -e package -DskipTests"
+  - "ls target"
+  - "gunzip -d target/release target/kickc-release.gz"
+  - "mv target/release/kickc/jar/kickc-release.jar target/release/kickc/jar/kickc-${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}.jar"
+  - "mkdir ./kickc"
+  - "mv target/release/kickc/* ./kickc/"
+  - "cat target/site/jacoco/index.html"
   artifacts:
     name: kickc_${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}
     paths:
diff --git a/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml b/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
index 3ae36b60f..5ca6a40a2 100644
--- a/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
+++ b/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     <id>release</id>
     <formats>
         <format>zip</format>
+        <format>gz</format>
     </formats>
     <dependencySets>
         <dependencySet>