diff --git a/failover/Makefile b/failover/Makefile
index e110240..9ee198f 100644
--- a/failover/Makefile
+++ b/failover/Makefile
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ copy-test:
 copy:
 	rsync -avu /home/nagios/princeton/failover/ /home/nagios/bin/
 
+
+release:
+	rm -f release.zip
+	zip -r release.zip colors.sh failover.sh nagios_startstop.sh rsync_xi.sh START STOP SYNC local/