diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-extension.yml b/.github/workflows/build-extension.yml
index a29ecd6..4f652a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-extension.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-extension.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       SOURCEMOD: ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ inputs.cache-dir }}/sourcemod
+      PROJECT: 'accelerator'
+      PROJECT_OS: ${{ inputs.os }}
+      
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -50,7 +53,20 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ inputs.cache-key }}
           fail-on-cache-miss: true
           enableCrossOsArchive: true
-      
+
+      # https://stackoverflow.com/a/64195658
+      # i hate github actions
+      - name: Add SHORT_SHA env property with commit short sha
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "SHORT_SHA=`echo ${GITHUB_SHA} | cut -c1-8`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+  
+      - name: scrape version and export to env
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "SM_VERSION=`cat ./extension/version.h | grep "#define SM_VERSION" | cut -f 2 -d '"'`"  >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo ${{ env.SM_VERSION }}
+    
       - name: Linux dependencies
         if: startsWith(runner.os, 'Linux')
         run: |
@@ -60,7 +76,8 @@ jobs:
             gcc-multilib g++-multilib libstdc++6 lib32stdc++6 \
             libc6-dev libc6-dev-i386 linux-libc-dev \
             linux-libc-dev:i386 lib32z1-dev \
-            zlib1g-dev:i386 zlib1g-dev ${{ inputs.cc }}
+            zlib1g-dev:i386 zlib1g-dev \
+            ${{ inputs.cc }}
 
       - name: Select clang compiler
         if: startsWith(runner.os, 'Linux')
@@ -89,14 +106,54 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build (Release)
         if: not ${{ inputs.debug }}
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           mkdir -p build && cd build
           python ../configure.py --enable-optimize
           ambuild
 
-      - name: Upload package
+          # e.g. accelerator-2.6.0-abcdefg-windows.zip          
+          ZIP_FILENAME="${{ env.PROJECT }}-${{ env.SM_VERSION }}-${{ env.SHORT_SHA }}-${{ env.PROJECT_OS }}.zip"
+          echo ${ZIP_FILENAME}
+          echo "ZIP_FILENAME=${ZIP_FILENAME}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      # github upload
+      - name: Upload release to GitHub
         if: ${{ inputs.upload }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.upload-artifact-name }}
-          path: build/package
\ No newline at end of file
+          path: build/package
+          retention-days: 14
+
+      - name: Package release - Windows
+        if: ${{ startsWith(env.PROJECT_OS, 'windows-latest') }}
+        # shell: pwsh
+        working-directory: build/package
+        run: |
+          Compress-Archive -Path * -Destination ${{ env.ZIP_FILENAME }}
+          Copy-Item -Path ${{ env.ZIP_FILENAME }} -Destination ${{ matrix.os }}_${{ matrix.cc }}_${{ env.ZIP_FILENAME }}
+
+      - name: Package release - Linux
+        if: ${{ startsWith(env.PROJECT_OS, 'ubuntu-22.04') }}
+        working-directory: build/package
+        run: |
+          zip -r "${{ env.ZIP_FILENAME }}" .
+          cp "${{ env.ZIP_FILENAME }}" "${{ matrix.os }}_${{ matrix.cc }}_${{ env.ZIP_FILENAME }}"
+
+      # limetech upload
+      - name: Upload release to limetech
+        # if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: build/package
+        run: |
+          echo "Begin upload..."
+          AUTHORIZATION="$(echo -n '${{ secrets.USERNAME }}:${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}' | base64)"
+          echo "::add-mask::${AUTHORIZATION}"
+        
+          HTTP_CODE=$(curl -XPOST -H "Authorization: Basic ${AUTHORIZATION}" -H "Content-Type: application/zip" --output /dev/null --silent --write-out "%{http_code}" --data-binary "@${{ env.ZIP_FILENAME }}" "https://builds.limetech.io/upload.php?project=${{ env.PROJECT }}&filename=${{ env.ZIP_FILENAME }}")
+          if test ${HTTP_CODE} -ne 200; then
+            exit ${HTTP_CODE}
+          fi
+          echo "Upload successful!"
+