diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abaae08..e4b894d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     <artifactId>mstats</artifactId>
     <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+    <description>mStats Quarkus server</description>
+
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 
@@ -19,6 +21,10 @@
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.5.2</surefire-plugin.version>
 
         <skipITs>true</skipITs>
+
+        <!-- release config -->
+        <executable-suffix/>
+        <distribution.directory>${project.build.directory}/distributions</distribution.directory>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -137,7 +143,17 @@
                     </systemPropertyVariables>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+
+
         </plugins>
+
+        <extensions>
+            <extension>
+                <groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>os-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.7.1</version>
+            </extension>
+        </extensions>
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -153,5 +169,117 @@
                 <quarkus.native.enabled>true</quarkus.native.enabled>
             </properties>
         </profile>
+
+        <profile>
+            <id>dist</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.3.0</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <attach>false</attach>
+                            <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+                            <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-${os.detected.classifier}</finalName>
+                            <outputDirectory>${distribution.directory}</outputDirectory>
+                            <workDirectory>${project.build.directory}/assembly/work</workDirectory>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/assembly.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>make-distribution</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dist-windows</id>
+            <activation>
+                <os>
+                    <family>windows</family>
+                </os>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <executable-suffix>.exe</executable-suffix>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.jreleaser</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jreleaser-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6.0</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <jreleaser>
+                                <project>
+                                    <!-- TODO move this out also add versions to properties -->
+                                    <links>
+                                        <homepage>https://git.m724.eu/Minecon724/mStats</homepage>
+                                        <documentation>https://git.m724.eu/Minecon724/mStats</documentation>
+                                    </links>
+                                    <license>GPL-3.0</license>
+                                    <authors>mStats contributors</authors>
+                                    <copyright>© 2025 mStats contributors</copyright>
+                                </project>
+                                <release>
+                                    <gitea>
+                                        <apiEndpoint>https://git.m724.eu</apiEndpoint>
+                                        <host>git.m724.eu</host>
+                                        <owner>Minecon724</owner>
+
+                                        <draft>true</draft>
+
+                                        <changelog>
+                                            <formatted>ALWAYS</formatted>
+                                            <preset>conventional-commits</preset>
+                                        </changelog>
+                                    </gitea>
+                                </release>
+                                <upload>
+                                    <gitea>
+                                        <mstats>
+                                            <active>ALWAYS</active>
+                                            <host>git.m724.eu</host>
+                                            <owner>Minecon724</owner>
+                                        </mstats>
+                                    </gitea>
+                                </upload>
+                                <distributions>
+                                    <mstats>
+                                        <type>BINARY</type>
+                                        <artifacts>
+                                            <artifact>
+                                                <path>${distribution.directory}/{{distributionName}}-{{projectVersion}}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz</path>
+                                                <platform>linux-x86_64</platform>
+                                            </artifact>
+                                            <artifact>
+                                                <path>${distribution.directory}/{{distributionName}}-{{projectVersion}}-windows-x86_64.zip</path>
+                                                <platform>windows-x86_64</platform>
+                                            </artifact>
+                                            <artifact>
+                                                <path>${distribution.directory}/{{distributionName}}-{{projectVersion}}-osx-x86_64.zip</path>
+                                                <platform>osx-x86_64</platform>
+                                            </artifact>
+                                        </artifacts>
+                                    </mstats>
+                                </distributions>
+                            </jreleaser>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml b/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81188fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<assembly
+        xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
+    <id>dist</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>tar.gz</format>
+        <format>zip</format>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <files>
+        <file>
+            <source>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-runner${executable-suffix}</source>
+            <outputDirectory>./bin</outputDirectory>
+            <destName>${project.artifactId}${executable-suffix}</destName>
+        </file>
+    </files>
+</assembly>
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