diff --git a/preprelease.sh b/preprelease.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2b3d6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/preprelease.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env sh
+
+. ./config.sh
+ant distclean clangFmt
+./javadoc.sh
+NUMLINE=`grep release.number build.xml | head -n 1`
+READMELINE=`grep 'i2p.plugins.firefox/releases/download' README.md`
+sed -i "s|${READMELINE}|wget https://github.com/eyedeekay/i2p.plugins.firefox/releases/download/${GITHUB_TAG}/i2pfirefox.zip|g" README.md
+sed -i "s|${NUMLINE}|        <property name=\"release.number\" value=\"$GITHUB_TAG\" />|g" build.xml
+edgar && git push --all
+ant jar freeZip jpackage debian fedora
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 1111142..ab7b821 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env sh
 
 . ./config.sh
-ant distclean clangFmt
-./javadoc.sh
-NUMLINE=`grep release.number build.xml | head -n 1`
-READMELINE=`grep 'i2p.plugins.firefox/releases/download' README.md`
-sed -i "s|${READMELINE}|wget https://github.com/eyedeekay/i2p.plugins.firefox/releases/download/${GITHUB_TAG}/i2pfirefox.zip|g" README.md
-sed -i "s|${NUMLINE}|        <property name=\"release.number\" value=\"$GITHUB_TAG\" />|g" build.xml
-edgar && git push --all
-ant jar freeZip jpackage debian fedora
+./preprelease.sh
 profilezipsum=$(sha256sum src/i2p.chromium.base.profile.zip)
 github-release upload --user "${GITHUB_USER}" \
     --repo "${GITHUB_REPO}" \