diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a163a3..0300348 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,17 +1,34 @@
 """Setup.py for small_small_hr."""
-from os import path
+import os
+import sys
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
+import small_small_hr as sshr
+
 # read the contents of your README file
 with open(
-    path.join(path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__)), "README.md"), encoding="utf-8"
+    os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "README.md"),
+    encoding="utf-8",
 ) as f:
     LONG_DESCRIPTION = f.read()
 
+# convenience command to publish
+if sys.argv[-1] == "publish":
+    if os.system("pip freeze | grep twine"):
+        print("twine not installed.\nUse `pip install twine`.\nExiting.")
+        sys.exit()
+    os.system("rm -rf build/ *.egg-info/")
+    os.system("python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel")
+    os.system("twine upload dist/* --skip-existing")
+    print("You probably want to also tag the version now:")
+    print(f"  git tag -a v{sshr.__version__} -m 'version {sshr.__version__}'")
+    print("  git push --tags")
+    sys.exit()
+
 setup(
     name="small-small-hr",
-    version=__import__("small_small_hr").__version__,
+    version=sshr.__version__,
     description="Minimal human resource management app for Django",
     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",