diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1170452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+release:
+  # If set to auto, will mark the release as not ready for production in case there is an indicator for this in the
+  # tag e.g. v1.0.0-rc1 .If set to true, will mark the release as not ready for production.
+  prerelease: auto
+
+builds:
+  - id: linux-build
+    binary: airlock
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    goos:
+      - linux
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+      - arm64
+    # commented these out so i work on implementing them with airlock
+    # ldflags: &build-ldflags |
+    #   -X github.com/massdriver-cloud/mass/pkg/version.version={{.Version}}
+    #   -X github.com/massdriver-cloud/mass/pkg/version.gitSHA={{.FullCommit}}
+
+  - id: darwin-build
+    binary: airlock
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    goos:
+      - darwin
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+      - arm64
+    ldflags: *build-ldflags
+
+archives:
+  - id: linux-archives
+    builds:
+      - linux-build
+    name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}-{{ .Version }}-{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}"
+
+  - id: darwin-archives
+    builds:
+      - darwin-build
+    name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}-{{ .Version }}-{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}"
+
+checksum:
+  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
+
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - '^docs:'
+      - '^test:'
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d7d94dc..98c1446 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 fail_fast: false
+
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.2.0
@@ -8,9 +9,17 @@ repos:
       - id: check-json
         exclude: .devcontainer/
       - id: pretty-format-json
-        args: [--autofix, --no-sort-keys, --indent=4]
+        args:
+          - --autofix
+          - --no-sort-keys
+          - --indent=4
         exclude: .devcontainer/
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+        exclude: ^.*testdata/.*$
       - id: detect-aws-credentials
-        args: [--allow-missing-credentials]
+        args:
+          - --allow-missing-credentials
       - id: no-commit-to-branch
-        args: [-b, main]
+        args:
+          - -b
+          - main