diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 75a9b5d..5e92944 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - "*"
+  release:
 
 jobs:
   binary:
@@ -30,23 +31,42 @@ jobs:
           - os: macos-latest
             target: aarch64-apple-darwin
     steps:
-      - uses: hecrj/setup-rust-action@v1.3.4
-        with:
-          rust-version: stable
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - name: Install target
-        id: installtarget
-        run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
-      - name: Build
-        id: build
-        run: scripts/dot rust release ${{ matrix.target }}
+      ### We're checking out the repository at the triggered ref
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Get the version
         id: get_version
-        run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
+        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Check if release exists
+        id: check_release
+        run: |
+          if gh release view ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "RELEASE_EXISTS=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "RELEASE_EXISTS=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create release
+        continue-on-error: true
+        if: steps.check_release.outputs.RELEASE_EXISTS == 'false'
+        run: |
+          gh release create ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }} \
+            --title "Release ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+            --notes "Release notes for ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: build
+        run: scripts/release ${{ matrix.target }}
+
       - name: Upload binaries to release
-        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v1-release
-        with:
-          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          file: target/tar/navi.${{ steps.build.outputs.EXTENSION }}
-          tag: ${{ github.ref }}
-          asset_name: navi-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.target }}.${{ steps.build.outputs.EXTENSION }}
+        run: |
+          cd ./target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/
+          cp navi.${{ steps.build.outputs.EXTENSION }} navi-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.target }}.${{ steps.build.outputs.EXTENSION }}
+          gh release upload ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }} navi-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.target }}.${{ steps.build.outputs.EXTENSION }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1ebad86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+### --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+###     Logging functions
+### --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+log::info() {
+  ### Will print `[INFO]` in black foreground colour and magenta background colour
+  ### then will print the given text in a magenta foreground colour and default background colour.
+  printf "\033[35m\033[7m[INFO]\033[27;39m \033[35m$*\033[39m\n"
+}
+
+log::error() {
+  ### Will print `[ERROR]` in black foreground colour and red background colour
+  ### then will print the given text in a red foreground colour and default background colour.
+  printf "\033[31m\033[7m[ERROR]\033[27;39m \033[31m$*\033[39m\n"
+}
+
+log::warn() {
+  ### Will print `[WARNING]` in black foreground colour and yellow background colour
+  ### then will print the given text in a yellow foreground colour and default background colour.
+  printf "\033[33m\033[7m[WARNING]\033[27;39m \033[33m$*\033[39m\n"
+}
+
+### --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+###     Utils functions
+### --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+### Permits us to know if the current target environment
+### is a windows platform or not.
+is_windows() {
+   local -r target="$1"
+   echo "$target" | grep -q "windows"
+}
+
+### NOTE: This function is currently not in use but kept as
+###       a backup function in case something breaks
+###
+### Returns the target environment, with a fix for the x86_64 target.
+get_env_target() {
+   eval "$(rustc --print cfg | grep target)"
+   local -rr raw="${target_arch:-}-${target_vendor:-}-${target_os:-}-${target_env:-}"
+
+   if echo "$raw" | grep -q "x86_64-apple-macos"; then
+      echo "x86_64-apple-darwin"
+   else
+      echo "$raw"
+   fi
+}
+
+### NOTE: This function is currently not in use but kept as
+###       a backup function in case something breaks
+###
+### Logs the given arguments then execute it
+_tap() {
+   log::info "$@"
+   "$@"
+}
+
+### NOTE: This function is currently not in use but kept as
+###       a backup function in case something breaks
+###
+### Lists the content of a path, given as parameter.
+_ls() {
+   log::info "contents from $*:"
+   ls -la "$@" || true
+}
+
+### --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+###     Release-Related functions
+### --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+release() {
+  local -r env_target="$1"
+  log::info "env target: $env_target"
+
+  local -r cross_target="${1:-"$env_target"}"
+  log::info "desired target: $cross_target"
+
+  TAR_DIR="$(pwd)/target/tar"
+
+  ### We clean up the target folder, just in case
+  rm -rf "$(pwd)/target" 2> /dev/null || true
+
+  ### We add the target for rustup in case cross doesn't find it.
+  ### Since the default behaviour of cross is to compile from
+  ### a rustup target if it doesn't find one for itself.
+  rustup target add $env_target
+  cargo install cross
+
+  ### We're building the release via cross for the target environment
+  cross build --release --target "$env_target"
+
+  cd target/"$env_target"/release/
+
+  if is_windows "$env_target"; then
+    ### If our target is windows, we can simply zip our executable
+    ### since having tar is not the norm and neither the default
+    zip -r "navi.zip" "navi.exe"
+
+    ### We export a CI/CD variable to be used later in the pipeline
+    echo "EXTENSION=zip" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+  else
+
+    ### @alexis-opolka - I'm currently disabling the usage of UPX since I cannot find how
+    ###     it was used before the merge of the code from the @denisidoro/dotfiles repository.
+    ###
+    #if upx --best --lzma "navi"; then
+    #  log::info "upx succeeded"
+    #else
+    #  log::info "upx failed"
+    #fi
+
+
+    ### For all other targets, they have tar as the norm
+    ### or have it installed by default.
+    tar -czf "navi.tar.gz" "navi"
+
+    ### We export a CI/CD variable to be used later in the pipeline
+    echo "EXTENSION=tar.gz" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+  fi
+}
+
+### --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+###     Main script
+### --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+release "$@"