diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 942cd73..050c223 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.pyc
+dist/
 Wutta_Demo.egg-info/
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 984f9c9..0fe3bbe 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -9,25 +9,13 @@ import shutil
 from invoke import task
 
 
-here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-exec(open(os.path.join(here, 'wuttademo', '_version.py')).read())
-
-
 @task
 def release(c):
     """
     Release a new version of Wutta Demo
     """
-    # rebuild local tar.gz file for distribution
-    if os.path.exists('Wutta_Demo.egg-info'):
-        shutil.rmtree('Wutta_Demo.egg-info')
+    if os.path.exists('dist'):
+        shutil.rmtree('dist')
+
     c.run('python -m build --sdist')
-
-    # filename of built package
-    filename = 'Wutta-Demo-{}.tar.gz'.format(__version__)
-
-    # TODO: uncomment and update these details, to upload to private PyPI
-    #c.run('scp dist/{} rattail@pypi.example.com:/srv/pypi/wuttademo/'.format(filename))
-
-    # TODO: or, uncomment this to upload to *public* PyPI
-    #c.run('twine upload dist/{}'.format(filename))
+    c.run('twine upload dist/*')