diff --git a/backend/profiles.clj b/backend/profiles.clj
index da49a2f79..90c9ae76c 100644
--- a/backend/profiles.clj
+++ b/backend/profiles.clj
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@
  {:jar-exclusions [#"\.swp|\.swo|user\.clj" #"^media"]
   :jar-name "uxbox.jar"
   :uberjar-name "uxbox-backend.jar"
+  :main uxbox.main
+  :aot :all
   :target-path "dist/"}}
diff --git a/frontend/gulpfile.js b/frontend/gulpfile.js
index 1ca8e5aef..36fd754b6 100644
--- a/frontend/gulpfile.js
+++ b/frontend/gulpfile.js
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ gulp.task("dist:brotli", function() {
 gulp.task("dist", function(next) {
   runseq(["dist:clean"],
          ["dist:template", "dist:scss", "dist:copy"],
-         ["dist:gzip", "dist:brotli"], next);
+         //["dist:gzip", "dist:brotli"], 
+         next);
 });
 
diff --git a/frontend/scripts/dist-main b/frontend/scripts/dist-main
index 125569f58..41ff82401 100755
--- a/frontend/scripts/dist-main
+++ b/frontend/scripts/dist-main
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ LEIN="$DIR/lein"
 
 LEIN_FAST_TRAMPOLINE=y $LEIN trampoline run -m clojure.main scripts/dist-main.clj
 
-if [ -x "$(command -v gzip)" ]; then
-    gzip -9c dist/js/main.js > dist/js/main.js.gz
-fi
-
-if [ -x "$(command -v bro)" ]; then
-    bro --verbose --input dist/js/main.js --output dist/js/main.js.br
-fi
+#if [ -x "$(command -v gzip)" ]; then
+#    gzip -9c dist/js/main.js > dist/js/main.js.gz
+#fi
+#
+#if [ -x "$(command -v bro)" ]; then
+#    bro --verbose --input dist/js/main.js --output dist/js/main.js.br
+#fi
diff --git a/frontend/scripts/dist-view b/frontend/scripts/dist-view
index d844a967f..bceba374f 100755
--- a/frontend/scripts/dist-view
+++ b/frontend/scripts/dist-view
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ LEIN="$DIR/lein"
 
 LEIN_FAST_TRAMPOLINE=y $LEIN trampoline run -m clojure.main scripts/dist-view.clj
 
-if [ -x "$(command -v gzip)" ]; then
-    gzip -9c dist/js/view.js > dist/js/view.js.gz
-fi
-
-if [ -x "$(command -v bro)" ]; then
-    bro --verbose --input dist/js/view.js --output dist/js/view.js.br
-fi
+#if [ -x "$(command -v gzip)" ]; then
+#    gzip -9c dist/js/view.js > dist/js/view.js.gz
+#fi
+#
+#if [ -x "$(command -v bro)" ]; then
+#    bro --verbose --input dist/js/view.js --output dist/js/view.js.br
+#fi
diff --git a/frontend/scripts/dist-worker b/frontend/scripts/dist-worker
index 60ae48cbd..0f0239bd9 100755
--- a/frontend/scripts/dist-worker
+++ b/frontend/scripts/dist-worker
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ LEIN="$DIR/lein"
 
 LEIN_FAST_TRAMPOLINE=y $LEIN trampoline run -m clojure.main scripts/dist-worker.clj
 
-if [ -x "$(command -v gzip)" ]; then
-    gzip -9c dist/js/worker.js > dist/js/worker.js.gz
-fi
-
-if [ -x "$(command -v bro)" ]; then
-    bro --verbose --input dist/js/worker.js --output dist/js/worker.js.br
-fi
+#if [ -x "$(command -v gzip)" ]; then
+#    gzip -9c dist/js/worker.js > dist/js/worker.js.gz
+#fi
+#
+#if [ -x "$(command -v bro)" ]; then
+#    bro --verbose --input dist/js/worker.js --output dist/js/worker.js.br
+#fi
diff --git a/manage.sh b/manage.sh
index f9a77ead6..2d1581e39 100755
--- a/manage.sh
+++ b/manage.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ REV=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`
 IMGNAME="uxbox"
 
 function kill_container {
-    if $(sudo docker ps |grep -q $IMGNAME); then
-        sudo docker ps |grep $IMGNAME | awk '{print $1}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty sudo docker kill
+    if $(sudo docker ps | grep -q $IMGNAME); then
+        sudo docker ps | grep $IMGNAME | awk '{print $1}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty sudo docker kill
     fi
 }
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function build_image {
 function run_image {
     kill_container
 
-    if ! $(sudo docker images|grep $IMGNAME |grep -q $REV); then
+    if ! $(sudo docker images | grep $IMGNAME | grep -q $REV); then
         build_image
     fi
 
@@ -30,8 +30,25 @@ function run_image {
          -p 3449:3449 -p 6060:6060 -p 9090:9090 $IMGNAME:$REV
 }
 
+function release_image {
+    cd frontend
+    rm -rf ./dist
+    npm run dist
+    ./scripts/dist-main
+    ./scripts/dist-view
+    ./scripts/dist-worker
+    echo "Frontend release generated in $(pwd)/dist"
+
+    cd ../backend
+    rm -rf ./dist
+    ./scripts/dist
+    echo "Backend release generated in $(pwd)/dist"
+
+    cd ..
+}
+
 function usage {
-    echo "USAGE: $0 [ build | run]"
+    echo "USAGE: $0 [ build | run | release ]"
 }
 
 case $1 in
@@ -41,6 +58,9 @@ case $1 in
     run)
         run_image
         ;;
+    release)
+        release_image
+        ;;
     *)
         usage
         ;;