diff --git a/.versionrc b/.versionrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7889a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.versionrc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+	"bumpFiles": [
+		{
+			"filename": "pyproject.toml",
+			"updater": "scripts/standard-version/pyproject-updater.js"
+		}
+	],
+	"sign": true,
+	"tag-prefix": ""
+}
diff --git a/scripts/patch.sh b/scripts/patch.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e67ca06..0000000
--- a/scripts/patch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -Eeuo pipefail
-
-if [ -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then 
-	# Working directory clean
-	branch_name=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD)
-	branch_name=${branch_name##refs/heads/}
-	branch_name=${branch_name:-HEAD}
-	
-	poetry version patch
-	version=`sed 's/version = "\([0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*\)"/\1/p' -n <pyproject.toml`
-	read -p "Create commit for version $version? " -n 1 -r
-	echo    # (optional) move to a new line
-	if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
-	then
-		# do dangerous stuff
-		echo "Creating a new patch"
-		git add pyproject.toml
-		git commit -m "Created version $version"
-		git tag -a "$version" -m "patch.sh created version $version"
-		git push --tags
-	else
-		echo "Surrendering, clean up by reverting pyproject.toml..."
-		exit 2
-	fi
-else 
-	echo "Can't create patch version, working tree unclean..."
-	exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1152a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+if [ -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+	branch_name=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD)
+	branch_name=${branch_name##refs/heads/}
+	branch_name=${branch_name:-HEAD}
+	if [ $branch_name != "master" ]; then
+		echo "The current branch is not master!"
+		echo "I'd feel uncomfortable releasing from here..."
+		exit 3
+	fi
+
+	release_needed=false
+	if \
+		{ git log "$( git describe --tags --abbrev=0 )..HEAD" --format='%s' | cut -d: -f1 | sort -u | sed -e 's/([^)]*)//' | grep -q -i -E '^feat|fix|perf|refactor|revert$' ; } || \
+		{ git log "$( git describe --tags --abbrev=0 )..HEAD" --format='%s' | cut -d: -f1 | sort -u | sed -e 's/([^)]*)//' | grep -q -E '\!$' ; } || \
+		{ git log "$( git describe --tags --abbrev=0 )..HEAD" --format='%b' | grep -q -E '^BREAKING CHANGE:' ; }
+	then
+		release_needed=true
+	fi
+	
+	if ! [ "$release_needed" = true ]; then
+		echo "No release needed..."
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	# Working directory clean
+	echo "Doing a dry run..."
+	npx standard-version --dry-run
+	read -p "Does that look good? [y/N] " -n 1 -r
+	echo    # (optional) move to a new line
+	if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
+	then
+		# do dangerous stuff
+		npx standard-version
+		git push --follow-tags origin master
+	else
+		echo "okay, never mind then..."
+		exit 2
+	fi
+else 
+	echo "Can't create release, working tree unclean..."
+	exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/standard-version/pyproject-updater.js b/scripts/standard-version/pyproject-updater.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f4360a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/standard-version/pyproject-updater.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const pattern = /(\[tool\.poetry\]\nname = "deepdog"\nversion = ")(?<vers>\d+\.\d+\.\d)(")/mg;
+
+module.exports.readVersion = function (contents) {
+	const result = pattern.exec(contents);
+	return result.groups.vers;
+}
+
+module.exports.writeVersion = function (contents, version) {
+	const newContents = contents.replace(pattern, `$1${version}$3`);
+	return newContents;
+}