diff --git a/.github/workflows/android.yml b/.github/workflows/android.yml
index ad4f02b..0a39c9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android.yml
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Gradle build
       run: |
+        echo "${{ secrets.RELEASE_KEYSTORE }}" > app/gha.keystore.asc
+        gpg -d --passphrase "${{ secrets.RELEASE_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD }}" --batch app/gha.keystore.asc > app/gha.jks
         chmod +x gradlew
-        ./gradlew build
+        ./gradlew assembleYggdrasil
 
     - name: Upload artifact
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: yggdrasil-android
-        path: app/release/app-release.apk
+        path: app/build/outputs/apk/yggdrasil/app-yggdrasil.apk
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52ead0e..2595523 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@
 local.properties
 /app/libs/yggdrasil.aar
 /app/libs/yggdrasil-sources.jar
+/app/release/*
+/app/release
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 2c79707..213ae2b 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -17,11 +17,27 @@ android {
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
 
+    signingConfigs {
+        create("yggdrasil") {
+            // You need to specify either an absolute path or include the
+            // keystore file in the same directory as the build.gradle file.
+            storeFile = file("gha.jks")
+            storePassword = "g1thub4ct10n34yggdr4s1l4ndr01d"
+            keyAlias = "yggdrasil-android"
+            keyPassword = "g1thub4ct10n34yggdr4s1l4ndr01d"
+        }
+    }
+
     buildTypes {
         release {
             minifyEnabled false
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
+        yggdrasil {
+            minifyEnabled false
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+            signingConfig = signingConfigs.getByName("yggdrasil")
+        }
     }
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
@@ -42,4 +58,4 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.+'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/release/app-release.apk b/app/release/app-release.apk
deleted file mode 100644
index 308acc1..0000000
Binary files a/app/release/app-release.apk and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/app/release/output-metadata.json b/app/release/output-metadata.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 03e0490..0000000
--- a/app/release/output-metadata.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": 2,
-  "artifactType": {
-    "type": "APK",
-    "kind": "Directory"
-  },
-  "applicationId": "eu.neilalexander.yggdrasil",
-  "variantName": "release",
-  "elements": [
-    {
-      "type": "SINGLE",
-      "filters": [],
-      "versionCode": 1,
-      "versionName": "1.0",
-      "outputFile": "app-release.apk"
-    }
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 21dc34b..a4f2ec1 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cp /tmp/yggdrasil-go/yggdrasil.aar /tmp/yggdrasil-android/app/libs/
 
 ```
 cd /tmp/yggdrasil-android
-./gradew assemble
+./gradew assembleRelease
 ```
 
 note: you will need to use jdk-11 as jdk-16 `"doesn't work" ™`