diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9fed9ea0..b5bdba41 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ before_script:
 .test_template: &test_definition
   stage: test
   artifacts:
-    name: "${CI_JOB_NAME}_${CI_PROJECT_ID}"
+    name: "${CI_JOB_NAME}_${CI_JOB_ID}"
     expire_in: 1 week
     paths:
       - ./coverage/
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ test:7.1:
     composer --no-ansi install --no-dev
     composer --no-ansi dump-autoload --optimize
 
+build_release_file:
+  <<: *deploy_definition
+  artifacts:
+    name: "release_${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}_${CI_JOB_ID}_${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
+    expire_in: 1 week
+    paths:
+      - ./release/
+  script:
+    - *deployment_dependencies
+    - rsync -vAax --exclude '.git*' --exclude .composer/ --exclude coverage/ --exclude node_modules/ --exclude release/ ./ release/
+
 deploy_staging:
   <<: *deploy_definition
   environment:
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 9aa72ff5..b731e36a 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "syncing ${PWD}/ to ${remote_host}:${remote_path}/${deploy_id}/"
 
-rsync -vAax --exclude '.git*' --exclude .composer/ --exclude node_modules/ \
+rsync -vAax --exclude '.git*' --exclude .composer/ --exclude coverage/ --exclude node_modules/ \
     -e "ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" \
     ./ "${remote_host}:${remote_path}/${deploy_id}/"