diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6e0b14cd..5ab687d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     name: Publish release
     needs: [build]
-    # if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -124,7 +124,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           pattern: odiff-*.exe
           merge-multiple: true
-          destination-path: npm_package/raw_binaries
+          path: npm_package/raw_binaries
 
-      - run: tree npm_package
+      - name: Publish npm package
+        working-directory: npm_package
+        run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          
+      - name: Create github release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: "npm_package/raw_binaries/*"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/npm_package/bin/odiff b/npm_package/bin/odiff
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3e889c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm_package/bin/odiff
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+console.error("odiff: seems like a binary executable for your OS wasn't linked. Please verify that postinstsall script run successfully")
+process.exit(1);
diff --git a/bin/node-bindings/odiff.d.ts b/npm_package/odiff.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/node-bindings/odiff.d.ts
rename to npm_package/odiff.d.ts
diff --git a/bin/node-bindings/odiff.js b/npm_package/odiff.js
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/node-bindings/odiff.js
rename to npm_package/odiff.js
diff --git a/npm_package/package.json b/npm_package/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8ad9467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm_package/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "odiff-bin",
+  "version": "3.1.0",
+  "author": "Dmitriy Kovalenko <dmtr.kovalenko@outlook.com>",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "description": "The fastest image difference tool in the world",
+  "scripts": {
+    "postinstall": "node ./post_install.js"
+  },
+  "types": "odiff.d.ts",
+  "main": "odiff.js",
+  "keywords": [
+    "visual-regression",
+    "pixelmatch",
+    "image",
+    "comparison",
+    "diff"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 6f53d021..755e5f7f 100644
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -14,3 +14,13 @@ dune build
 sed -i "s/\"version\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"version\": \"$VERSION\"/g" package.json
 npm install
 
+sed -i "s/\"version\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"version\": \"$VERSION\"/g" npm_package/package.json
+
+git commit -m "chore(release): v$VERSION"
+
+git tag "v$VERSION"
+
+git push origin "v$VERSION"
+
+git push
+
diff --git a/test/node-binding.test.cjs b/test/node-binding.test.cjs
index c496ccad..86f5f725 100644
--- a/test/node-binding.test.cjs
+++ b/test/node-binding.test.cjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const test = require("ava");
-const { compare } = require("../bin/node-bindings/odiff");
+const { compare } = require("../npm_package/odiff");
 
 const IMAGES_PATH = path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "images");
 const BINARY_PATH = path.resolve(
diff --git a/test/node-bindings.test.ts b/test/node-bindings.test.ts
index 4aaa4c31..88f5d6d4 100644
--- a/test/node-bindings.test.ts
+++ b/test/node-bindings.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { compare } from "../bin/node-bindings/odiff";
+import { compare } from "../npm_package/odiff";
 
 // allow no options
 compare("path1", "path2", "path3")