diff --git a/compare.sh b/compare.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fc8cd8bf..00000000
--- a/compare.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-GREEN='\033[0;32m'
-NC='\033[0m'
-
-echo "${GREEN}---Old---${NC}"
-yq $@ > /tmp/yq-old-output
-cat /tmp/yq-old-output
-
-echo "${GREEN}---New---${NC}"
-./yq $@ > /tmp/yq-new-output
-cat /tmp/yq-new-output
-
-echo "${GREEN}---Diff---${NC}"
-colordiff /tmp/yq-old-output /tmp/yq-new-output
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release_instructions.txt b/release_instructions.txt
index 8756ca9b..14080e8f 100644
--- a/release_instructions.txt
+++ b/release_instructions.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 - make local xcompile (builds binaries for all platforms)
 
 - git release
-  ./scripts/publish.sh
+  ./scripts/release.sh
+  ./scripts/upload.sh
 
 - snapcraft
   - will auto create a candidate, test it works then promote
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c169aa2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+GITHUB_TOKEN="${GITHUB_TOKEN:?missing required input \'GITHUB_TOKEN\'}"
+
+CURRENT="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
+PREVIOUS="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --always "${CURRENT}"^)"
+OWNER="mikefarah"
+REPO="yq"
+
+release() {
+    github-release release \
+        --user "$OWNER" \
+        --draft \
+        --repo "$REPO" \
+        --tag "$CURRENT"
+}
+
+
+
+release
+
diff --git a/scripts/publish.sh b/scripts/upload.sh
similarity index 82%
rename from scripts/publish.sh
rename to scripts/upload.sh
index 40b290f6..7498c2f4 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/upload.sh
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@ PREVIOUS="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --always "${CURRENT}"^)"
 OWNER="mikefarah"
 REPO="yq"
 
-release() {
-    github-release release \
-        --user "$OWNER" \
-        --draft \
-        --repo "$REPO" \
-        --tag "$CURRENT"
-}
-
 upload() {
     mkdir -p ./build-done
     while IFS=  read -r -d $'\0'; do
@@ -32,5 +24,5 @@ upload() {
     done < <(find ./build -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print0)
 }
 
-# release
+
 upload
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 230d2ddc..53c3c9d3 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '3.4.0'
+version: '4.0.0-alpha1'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.