diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 975671a0c..ec7d1cb50 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
+// Build-time injected values
+var GitCommit string = "unknown"
+var BuildVersion string = "0.0.0"
+var BuildType string = "localdev"
+
 var storage ChunkStorage
 var configuration = getConfig()
 var server *Server
@@ -17,7 +22,8 @@ var stats *Stats
 var usingExternalStorage = false
 
 func main() {
-	log.Println("Starting up.  Please wait...")
+	log.StandardLogger().Printf("Owncast v%s/%s (%s)", BuildVersion, BuildType, GitCommit)
+
 	resetDirectories(configuration)
 	checkConfig(configuration)
 	stats = getSavedStats()
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..dea287fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Human readable names of binary distributions
+DISTRO=(macOS linux)
+# Operating systems for the respective distributions
+OS=(darwin linux)
+# Architectures for the respective distributions
+ARCH=(amd64 amd64)
+
+# Version
+VERSION=$1
+[[ -z "${VERSION}" ]] && VERSION='unknownver' || VERSION="${VERSION}"
+GIT_COMMIT=$(git rev-list -1 HEAD)
+
+# Change to the root directory of the repository
+cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+
+echo "Cleaning working directories..."
+rm -rf ./webroot/hls/* ./hls/* ./webroot/thumbnail.png
+
+echo "Creating version ${VERSION} from commit ${GIT_COMMIT}"
+
+mkdir -p dist
+
+build() {
+  NAME=$1
+  OS=$2
+  ARCH=$3
+  VERSION=$4
+  GIT_COMMIT=$5
+
+  echo "Building ${NAME} (${OS}/${ARCH}) release..."
+
+  mkdir -p dist/${NAME}/config
+
+  cp config/config-example.yaml dist/${NAME}/config/config.yaml
+  cp -R webroot/ dist/${NAME}/webroot/
+  cp -R doc/ dist/${NAME}/doc/
+  cp README.md dist/${NAME}
+
+  env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH go build -ldflags "-X main.GitCommit=$GIT_COMMIT -X main.BuildVersion=$VERSION -X main.BuildType=$NAME" -a -o dist/$NAME/owncast
+
+  pushd dist/${NAME} >> /dev/null
+  zip -r -q -8 ../owncast-$NAME-$VERSION.zip .
+  popd >> /dev/null
+
+  rm -rf dist/${NAME}/
+}
+
+for i in "${!DISTRO[@]}"; do
+  build ${DISTRO[$i]} ${OS[$i]} ${ARCH[$i]} $VERSION $GIT_COMMIT
+done
+
+# Create the tag
+git tag -a "v${VERSION}" -m "Release build v${VERSION}"
+
+# On macOS open the Github page for new releases so they can be uploaded
+if test -f "/usr/bin/open"; then
+  open "https://github.com/gabek/owncast/releases/new"
+  open dist
+fi