diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2a59528ca..a9d71153a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,15 @@ name: Release
 on: workflow_dispatch
 
 jobs:
+  version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "::set-output version=$(sh .github/workflows/version.sh)"
+
   build-featurebase:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: 
+      - version
     strategy:
       matrix:
         goos:
@@ -22,38 +29,38 @@ jobs:
           go-version: "^1.19.1"
 
       - name: build featurebase
-        run: GOOS=${{ matrix.goos }} GOARCH=${{ matrix.goarch }} make release-build
+        run: GOOS=${{ matrix.goos }} GOARCH=${{ matrix.goarch }} go build -o ./build/featurebase-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }} ./cmd/featurebase
 
-      # - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-      #   with:
-      #     name: featurebase-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
-      #     path: ./build/featurebase-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
-
-  build-ingest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        goos:
-          - "darwin"
-          - "linux"
-        goarch:
-          - "amd64"
-          - "arm64"
-    
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "^1.19.1"
+          name: featurebase-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
+          path: ./build/featurebase-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
 
-      - name: navigate to ingest
-        run: cd idk
+  # build-ingest:
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   strategy:
+  #     matrix:
+  #       goos:
+  #         - "darwin"
+  #         - "linux"
+  #       goarch:
+  #         - "amd64"
+  #         - "arm64"
+    
+    # steps:
+    #   - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: build ingest
-        run: GOOS=${{ matrix.goos }} GOARCH=${{ matrix.goarch }} make release-build
+    #   - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+    #     with:
+    #       go-version: "^1.19.1"
+
+    #   - name: navigate to ingest
+    #     run: cd idk
+
+    #   - name: build ingest
+    #     run: GOOS=${{ matrix.goos }} GOARCH=${{ matrix.goarch }} go build -o ./build/ingest-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }} /cmd/ingester
       
-      # - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-      #   with:
-      #     name: ingest-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
-      #     path: ./build/ingest-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
+    #   - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+    #     with:
+    #       name: ingest-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
+    #       path: ./build/ingest-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.sh b/.github/workflows/version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9587cd67e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+current=$(git describe --tags | grep -Eo '[0-9]*?\.[0-9]*?\.[0-9]*')
+array=($(echo $current | tr '.' '\n'))
+array[2]=$((array[2]+1))
+echo $(IFS="." ; echo "${array[*]}")
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