diff --git a/.github/workflows/mingw-cross.yml b/.github/workflows/mingw-cross.yml
index 65452a403..89feb862b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mingw-cross.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mingw-cross.yml
@@ -13,4 +13,29 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run build
         run: |
-          docker build -f docker/WindowsDockerfile .
+          ./easy-compile-docker-windows
+          ./easy-release-windows
+          
+      - name: Archive Folder
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: artifact
+          path: ${{github.workspace}}/*.zip
+
+  publish-release:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Download Artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: artifact
+          path: ${{github.workspace}}
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          files: ${{ github.workspace }}/*.zip
diff --git a/easy-release-windows b/easy-release-windows
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e891cbe4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easy-release-windows
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+EXEDIR=`pwd`
+EXE=paintown.exe
+
+# inside tmp
+cd `mktemp -d`
+
+# copy executable
+cp $EXEDIR/mingw-bin/$EXE .
+# copy dependencies
+docker run --rm -iv `pwd`:/paintown-bin -w /paintown-bin paintown-mingw-build bash -c "cp /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/zlib1.dll ."
+
+# launcher
+echo '
+if (-not (Test-Path -Path data)) {
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/kazzmir/paintown/releases/download/v3.6.0/data-3.6.0.zip" -OutFile "data.zip"
+    Expand-Archive -Path "data.zip" -DestinationPath .
+    Remove-Item -Path data.zip
+    Rename-Item -Path data-3.6.0 -NewName data
+}
+Start-Process -FilePath paintown.exe
+' > paintown.ps1
+echo '
+powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File paintown.ps1
+' > run.bat
+
+file $EXE
+
+# packaging 
+ARCH=`file paintown.exe | grep -o -E 'x86[_-]64|i[[:digit:]]86|ARM'`
+OS=windows
+zip -r $EXEDIR/$EXE-$OS-$ARCH.zip .
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