diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 38a068b8bf9041539ed2e34532207a6b16571f2f..6c1ffd94883c10fb61506709ee40f5449eb15f83 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,10 +16,5 @@ release: clean darwin
 	mkdir release
 	cd ./bin/darwin; tar -zcvf ../../release/jcli-darwin-amd64.tar.gz jcli
 
-	./tag.sh
-	@if [[ -z "$NEEDS_TAG" ]]; then \
-		hub release create -c -a release/jcli-darwin-amd64.tar.gz $NEW_TAG; \
-	fi
-
 clean: ## Clean the generated artifacts
 	rm -rf bin release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tag.sh b/tag.sh
index 07a6b163d6b5dc106da12732a9ea8f0ae1de447e..0ddaedcb0a8f79731cac3b254a36c0545453b646 100755
--- a/tag.sh
+++ b/tag.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ VNUM2=${VERSION_BITS[1]}
 VNUM3=${VERSION_BITS[2]}
 VNUM3=$((VNUM3+1))
 
-export NEW_TAG="$VNUM1.$VNUM2.$VNUM3"
+NEW_TAG="$VNUM1.$VNUM2.$VNUM3"
 echo "Updating $VERSION to $NEW_TAG"
 
 #get current hash and see if it already has a tag
 GIT_COMMIT=`git rev-parse HEAD`
-export NEEDS_TAG=`git describe --contains $GIT_COMMIT`
+NEEDS_TAG=`git describe --contains $GIT_COMMIT`
+
+if [[ -z "${NEEDS_TAG}" ]]; then
+    echo "hub release create -c -a release/jcli-darwin-amd64.tar.gz v${NEW_TAG}"
+fi