diff --git a/prepareRelease.py b/prepareRelease.py
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+import argparse
+import os
+import requests
+from zipfile import ZipFile
+import shutil
+
+LINUX_APP = "https://github.com/mortbopet/Ripes/releases/download/continuous/Ripes-continuous-linux-x86_64.AppImage"
+WIN_APP = "https://github.com/mortbopet/Ripes/releases/download/continuous/Ripes-continuous-win-x86_64.zip"
+OSX_APP = "https://github.com/mortbopet/Ripes/releases/download/continuous/Ripes-continuous-mac-x86_64.zip"
+APP_URLS = [LINUX_APP, WIN_APP, OSX_APP]
+
+
+TMP_DIR = "ripes_release_tmp"
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--version',
+                        help='Version number', required=True)
+    files = []
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    def zip_extract_repl(file):
+        with ZipFile(file, 'r') as zip_obj:
+            temp_zipdir = file + 'tempzip'
+            zip_obj.extractall(temp_zipdir)
+            repl_version(temp_zipdir)
+            os.remove(file)
+            shutil.make_archive(file.replace('.zip', ""), 'zip', temp_zipdir)
+            shutil.rmtree(temp_zipdir)
+
+    def repl_version(folder):
+        def _repl(f):
+            newname = f.replace('continuous', args.version)
+            os.rename(f, newname)
+            if newname != f and newname.endswith(".zip"):
+                zip_extract_repl(newname)
+
+        for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk(folder):
+            for d in dirnames:
+                _repl(os.path.join(dirpath, d))
+            for f in filenames:
+                _repl(os.path.join(dirpath, f))
+
+    shutil.rmtree(TMP_DIR)
+    os.mkdir(TMP_DIR)
+    for url in APP_URLS:
+        r = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True)
+        fn = os.path.join(TMP_DIR, url.split("/")[-1])
+        open(fn, 'wb').write(r.content)
+        files.append(fn)
+
+    repl_version(TMP_DIR)