diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b628bc4a..3fb8acf2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "./scripts/generate",
     "test": "phantomjs ./src/test/testrunner.js",
-    "prepublish": "run-s build test"
+    "deploy": "./scripts/deploy.sh gh-pages-new 12.0.4",
+    "prepublish": "run-s version build test deploy"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "twemoji-parser": "12.0.0"
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 41b1d122..00000000
--- a/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash 
-
-root=$(
-  cd $(dirname $0)
-  /bin/pwd
-)
-
-dir=$1
-out=/tmp/school.$$
-
-trap "rm -fr $out" 0 1 2
-
-git clone $root/.git $out
-cd $out
-git remote set-url origin git@github.com:twitter/scala_school.git
-git fetch
-git checkout gh-pages
-cd $root
-cp -r $dir/* $out/
-cd $out
-git add .
-git commit -am"publish by $USER"
-git push origin gh-pages
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d5d6c980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash 
+
+ROOT=$(
+  cd $(dirname $0)/..
+  /bin/pwd
+)
+OUTPUT="$ROOT/dist/"
+PUBLISH_BRANCH=$1
+VERSION=$2
+
+git fetch --all
+git add -f $OUT
+git checkout $PUBLISH_BRANCH
+git pull origin $PUBLISH_BRANCH
+git mv -f $OUT $VERSION
+git commit -m "Update the Twemoji project and push to $PUBLISH_BRANCH"
+git push origin $PUBLISH_BRANCH
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