diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_release.yml b/.github/workflows/generate_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8991936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Generate Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  generate-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      Output_Dir: ${{ github.workspace }}/out
+      Version: snapshot
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Ecdar/ECDAR Sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Checkout Ecdar/Ecdar-GUI Sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          name: Ecdar/Ecdar-GUI
+          path: Ecdar-GUI
+          submodules: recursive
+          
+      - name: Cache Gradle packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        with:
+          path: ~/.gradle/caches
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle
+          
+      - name: Download j-Ecdar
+        uses: robinraju/release-downloader@v1.7
+        with:
+          repository: "Ecdar/j-Ecdar"
+          latest: true
+          fileName: "j-Ecdar*"
+          out-file-path: "Ecdar-GUI/lib/"
+      
+      - name: Download Reveaal
+        uses: robinraju/release-downloader@v1.7
+        with:
+          repository: "Ecdar/Reveaal"
+          latest: true
+          fileName: "Reveaal*"
+          out-file-path: "Ecdar-GUI/lib/"
+        
+      - name: Generate Distributions
+        run: |
+          cd ${{ github.workspace }}/Ecdar-GUI
+          ./${{ github.workspace }}/*.sh -v $Version -o $Output_Dir
+        
+      - name: Upload a Build Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3.1.2
+        with:
+          name: $Version
+          path: $Output_Dir
diff --git a/generate_distributable.sh b/generate_distributable.sh
index 7aec12b..6a287f0 100755
--- a/generate_distributable.sh
+++ b/generate_distributable.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-read -p "The version of this release: " version
+while getopts v:o: flag
+do
+    case "${flag}" in
+        v) version=${OPTARG};;
+        o) output_dir=${OPTARG};;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ $version="" ]; then
+    version="snapshot"
+fi
+
+if [ $output_dir="" ]; then
+    output_dir="${HOME}/Documents"
+fi
 
 target_name="ecdar-${version}"
 version_file="src/main/resources/ecdar/version"
 
+echo "Generating platform specific distributions of ${target_name} in ${output_dir}"
+
 if [ -f $version_file ]; then
     echo "version: ${version}" > $version_file
 else 
@@ -14,7 +30,7 @@ fi
 
 # Generate distributable zip file with specified version
 ./gradlew clean # Clean build directory to prevent multiple .zip files from interfering with script
-./gradlew -PecdarVersion=${version} distZip
+./gradlew -PecdarVersion=$version distZip
 
 # Create temporary directory
 TEMPD=$(mktemp -d)
@@ -62,6 +78,6 @@ chmod u+x $TEMPD/*/lib/Reveaal
 chmod u+x $TEMPD/*/lib/Reveaal.exe
 
 # Clear target directory and copy the contents of the temporary directory to target
-dest="${HOME}/Documents/${target_name}"
+dest="$output_dir/${target_name}"
 rm -r $dest &>/dev/null; mkdir $dest
 cp -r $TEMPD/*/* $dest