diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index a4350c4..177b364 100755
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ fmt:
 	find tests -type f -name "*.py" -exec sed -i -e 's/    /\t/g' {} \;
 
 # release the app, checking that our working tree is clean and ready for release, optionally takes target version
-# release version="":
-# 	#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# 	set -euxo pipefail
-# 	if [[ -n "{{version}}" ]]; then
-# 		./scripts/release.sh {{version}}
-# 	else
-# 		./scripts/release.sh
-# 	fi
+release version="":
+	#!/usr/bin/env bash
+	set -euxo pipefail
+	if [[ -n "{{version}}" ]]; then
+		./scripts/release.sh {{version}}
+	else
+		./scripts/release.sh
+	fi
 
 # htmlcov:
 # 	poetry run pytest --cov-report=html