diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 79ed6c8..8f27a0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+      - v*
 
 name: Create Release
 
@@ -10,27 +10,23 @@ jobs:
     name: Create Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # to be able to figure out which is next to latest tag
+      - name: Checkout the repository
+        run: git clone ${{ github.repositoryUrl }} .
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
 
-      # Needed because of https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/290
-      - name: Fetch annotated tags
-        run: git fetch --force --tags
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
 
-      - name: Construct the release notes
-        run: |
-          echo 'RELEASE_NOTES<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          ./build/release_notes >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Build static tar package
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
+        with:
+          file: tar.Dockerfile
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          outputs: .
 
       - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        run: gh release create "${{ github.ref }}" ./*.tar.gz --notes "$(./build/release_notes)"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          body: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
diff --git a/tar.Dockerfile b/tar.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3f8f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FROM 84codes/crystal:latest-alpine AS builder
+WORKDIR /usr/src/amqproxy
+COPY shard.yml shard.lock ./
+RUN shards install --production
+COPY src/ src/
+RUN shards build --production --release --static --debug
+COPY README.md LICENSE extras/amqproxy.service amqproxy/
+COPY config/example.ini amqproxy/amqproxy.ini
+RUN mv bin/* amqproxy/
+ARG TARGETARCH
+RUN tar zcvf amqproxy-$(shards version)_static-$TARGETARCH.tar.gz amqproxy/
+
+FROM scratch
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/amqproxy/*.tar.gz .