diff --git a/packaging/RELEASE.md b/packaging/RELEASE.md
index 8bea25dd5..c794c901e 100644
--- a/packaging/RELEASE.md
+++ b/packaging/RELEASE.md
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@
 
 9. Bundle the files, create SHA256 hashes
 
+  files in files/
+
+  create changelog.txt like this:
+
+    git log --oneline v0.8.2..v0.9.0 > changelog.txt
+
 10. Upload release to github
 
 11. Update the AUR packages
diff --git a/packaging/files/LICENSE.txt b/packaging/files/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..1ef648f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/files/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../LICENSE.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/files/README.macos.txt b/packaging/files/README.macos.txt
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..36d16dc53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/files/README.macos.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../macos/README.macos.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/files/README.txt b/packaging/files/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..feab21cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/files/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Gossip is a nostr client for desktop
+
+The newest version, as well as a better README file, is available at https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip
diff --git a/packaging/files/filter.rhai.example b/packaging/files/filter.rhai.example
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..6d99c35eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/files/filter.rhai.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../filter.rhai.example
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/macos/build_macos.sh b/packaging/macos/build_macos.sh
index b8c87aa84..46552012d 100755
--- a/packaging/macos/build_macos.sh
+++ b/packaging/macos/build_macos.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export LDFLAGS="-L${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/lib -Wl,-rpath,${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/lib${LDFL
 
 cargo build --release --features=lang-cjk
 
-VERSION=$(cat ../../Cargo.toml | grep ^version | awk -F= '{print $2}' | awk -F\" '{print $2}')
+VERSION=$(cat ../../gossip-bin/Cargo.toml | grep ^version | awk -F= '{print $2}' | awk -F\" '{print $2}')
 set +e
 echo $VERSION | grep -s unstable
 if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
diff --git a/packaging/macos/build_macos_intel.sh b/packaging/macos/build_macos_intel.sh
index a05408584..f8156f8f0 100755
--- a/packaging/macos/build_macos_intel.sh
+++ b/packaging/macos/build_macos_intel.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export LDFLAGS="-L${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/lib -Wl,-rpath,${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/lib${LDFL
 
 cargo build --target=x86_64-apple-darwin --release --features=lang-cjk
 
-VERSION=$(cat ../../Cargo.toml | grep ^version | awk -F= '{print $2}' | awk -F\" '{print $2}')
+VERSION=$(cat ../../gossip-bin/Cargo.toml | grep ^version | awk -F= '{print $2}' | awk -F\" '{print $2}')
 set +e
 echo $VERSION | grep -s unstable
 if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then