diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b42baf7..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-name: C/C++ CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "master", "**" ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ "master" ]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: make 
-      run: make 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-matrix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e3e5a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-matrix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: macos-matrix
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+      - '*/*'
+      - '**'
+      - 'master'
+      - 'main'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+      - '*/*'
+      - '**'
+      - 'master'
+      - 'main'
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  macos-build_and_test:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [macos-latest, macos-11, macos-12]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
+        with:
+          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: printenv
+        run: |
+          brew install libtool autoconf automake 
+          printenv
+      - name: make
+        run: |
+          make
+      - name: sudo make install
+        run: |
+          sudo make install
+      - name: man nostril
+        run: |
+          man nostril
+      - name: sudo -su runner nostril
+        run: |
+          #pipe handles non-zero return from nostril default help
+          sudo -su runner nostril        | echo "${PIPESTATUS[0]}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-pre-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f6b373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-pre-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: macos-pre-release
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+      - '**pre-release**'
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  pre-release:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [macos-11, macos-12, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
+        with:
+          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: "printenv"
+        run: |
+          brew install libtool autoconf automake
+          printenv
+      - name: "Build pre-release"
+        run: |
+          make
+          mv nostril nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH
+          shasum -a 256 nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH > nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH.sha256.txt
+          mv nostril-query nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH
+          shasum -a 256 nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH > nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH.sha256.txt
+          ls -a
+      - name: Save state
+        run: echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_STATE
+      - name: Set output
+        run: echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest"
+        with:
+          repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          automatic_release_tag: ${{ matrix.os }}
+          prerelease: true
+          title: "Development Build"
+          files: |
+            nostril-*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fbaf9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: macos-release
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+      - "v*.*.*-rc**"
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  release:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [macos-11, macos-12, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
+        with:
+          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: "printenv"
+        run: |
+          brew install libtool autoconf automake
+          printenv
+      - name: "Build release"
+        run: |
+          make
+          mv nostril nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH
+          shasum -a 256 nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH > nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH.sha256.txt
+          mv nostril-query nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH
+          shasum -a 256 nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH > nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH.sha256.txt
+          ls -a
+      - name: Save state
+        run: echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_STATE
+      - name: Set output
+        run: echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest"
+        with:
+          repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          automatic_release_tag: ${{ matrix.os }}
+          prerelease: false
+          title: "Release Build"
+          files: |
+            nostril-*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-matrix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f269c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-matrix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: ubuntu-matrix
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+      - '*/*'
+      - '**'
+      - 'master'
+      - 'main'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+      - '*/*'
+      - '**'
+      - 'master'
+      - 'main'
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  ubuntu-build_and_test:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
+        if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
+        with:
+          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: '0'
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+          set-safe-directory: 'true'
+      - name: printenv && sudo apt update && sudo apt install scdoc -y
+        run: |
+          printenv && sudo apt update && sudo apt install scdoc -y
+      - name: rm -rf deps
+        run: |
+          rm -rf deps
+      - name: make
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1/nostril.1
+          make
+      - name: sudo make install
+        run: |
+          sudo make install
+      - name: man nostril
+        run: |
+          man nostril
+      - name: sudo ./nostril
+        run: |
+          #pipe handles non-zero return from nostril default help
+          file nostril
+          sudo ./nostril >/dev/null | echo "${PIPESTATUS[0]}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-pre-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8096f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-pre-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: ubuntu-pre-release
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+      - '**pre-release**'
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  pre-release:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
+        if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
+        with:
+          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: '0'
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+          set-safe-directory: 'true'
+      - name: printenv && sudo apt update && sudo apt install scdoc -y
+        run: |
+          printenv && sudo apt update && sudo apt install scdoc -y
+      - name: "Build pre-release"
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1/nostril.1
+          make nostril
+          mv nostril nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH
+          shasum -a 256 nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH > nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH.sha256.txt
+          mv nostril-query nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH
+          shasum -a 256 nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH > nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH.sha256.txt
+          ls -a
+      - name: Save state
+        run: echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_STATE
+      - name: Set output
+        run: echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest"
+        if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
+        with:
+          repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          automatic_release_tag: ${{ matrix.os }}
+          prerelease: true
+          title: "Development Build"
+          files: |
+            nostril-*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f59e20a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: ubuntu-release
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+      - "v*.*.*-rc**"
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  release:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
+        if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
+        with:
+          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: '0'
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+          set-safe-directory: 'true'
+      - name: printenv && sudo apt update && sudo apt install scdoc -y
+        run: |
+          printenv && sudo apt update && sudo apt install scdoc -y
+      - name: "Build release"
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1/nostril.1
+          make nostril
+          mv nostril nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH
+          shasum -a 256 nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH > nostril-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH.sha256.txt
+          mv nostril-query nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH
+          shasum -a 256 nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH > nostril-query-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH.sha256.txt
+          ls -a
+      - name: Save state
+        run: echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_STATE
+      - name: Set output
+        run: echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest"
+        if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
+        with:
+          repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          automatic_release_tag: ${{ matrix.os }}
+          prerelease: false
+          title: "Release Build"
+          files: |
+            nostril-*
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47f90da..dcbd75b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ scripts/nostr-req
 scripts/subnote
 /dist
 /version
+
+.DS_Store
+deps/.DS_Store
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 967defe..0f87e1a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "deps/secp256k1"]
 	path = deps/secp256k1
 	url = https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1
+	ignore = dirty
+	branch = master
+	depth = shallow
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 05450b4..a566d58 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ else()
  cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 endif() 
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+option(BUILD_RELEASE "BUILD_RELEASE" ON)
+if(BUILD_RELEASE)
+ set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
+endif()
+
 project (nostril C)
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/secp256k1/include)
@@ -71,8 +76,18 @@ target_link_libraries (nostril ${lib_dep})
 add_custom_command(
     TARGET configurator
     POST_BUILD
-    COMMAND configurator > config.h 
+    COMMAND configurator > config.h
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config.h" ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
     COMMENT "generating config.h"
 )
 
+#//////////////////////////
+# Install
+#//////////////////////////
+
+install(TARGETS nostril
+        CONFIGURATIONS Debug
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
+install(TARGETS nostril
+        CONFIGURATIONS Release
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION /usr/local/bin)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3000e1e..208af89 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,19 @@ ARS = libsecp256k1.a
 
 SUBMODULES = deps/secp256k1
 
-all: nostril docs
+default:
+	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?##/ {printf "\033[36m%-15s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
+help:## 	print verbose help
+	@echo ''
+	@echo 'Usage: make [TARGET] [EXTRA_ARGUMENTS]'
+	@echo ''
+	@sed -n 's/^##//p' ${MAKEFILE_LIST} | column -t -s ':   ' |  sed -e 's/^/ /' ## verbose help ideas
+	@sed -n 's/^##  //p' ${MAKEFILE_LIST} | column -t -s ':' |  sed -e 's/^/ /'
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Useful Commands:"
+	@echo ""
+
+all: nostril docs## 	nostril docs
 
 docs: doc/nostril.1
 
@@ -34,6 +46,8 @@ deps/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h: deps/secp256k1/.git
 
 deps/secp256k1/configure: deps/secp256k1/.git
 	cd deps/secp256k1; \
+	automake --add-missing; \
+	autoreconf; \
 	./autogen.sh
 
 deps/secp256k1/config.log: deps/secp256k1/configure
@@ -55,9 +69,10 @@ nostril: $(HEADERS) $(OBJS) $(ARS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(ARS) -o $@
 
 install: all
-	install -Dm644 doc/nostril.1 $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/nostril.1
-	install -Dm755 nostril $(PREFIX)/bin/nostril
-	install -Dm755 nostril-query $(PREFIX)/bin/nostril-query
+	mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/bin
+	install -m644 doc/nostril.1 $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/nostril.1
+	install -m755 nostril $(PREFIX)/bin/nostril
+	install -m755 nostril-query $(PREFIX)/bin/nostril-query
 
 config.h: configurator
 	./configurator > $@
@@ -72,4 +87,4 @@ clean:
 tags: fake
 	ctags *.c *.h
 
-.PHONY: fake
+.PHONY: fake nostril
diff --git a/nostril.c b/nostril.c
index 5bd279e..56e5f29 100644
--- a/nostril.c
+++ b/nostril.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void usage()
 	printf("      -e <event_id>                   shorthand for --tag e <event_id>\n");
 	printf("      -p <pubkey>                     shorthand for --tag p <pubkey>\n");
 	printf("      -t <hashtag>                    shorthand for --tag t <hashtag>\n");
-	exit(1);
+	exit(0);
 }