diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6935cc..b207857 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 /ptth_server.toml
 /ptth_relay.toml
 /ptth_build_L6KLMVS6/
+/ptth_server_build_BIHWLQXQ/
 /scraper-secret.txt
 /target
diff --git a/build_ptth_server.bash b/build_ptth_server.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..46a35e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_ptth_server.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Use: ./build.bash
+
+# Makes a release build of ptth_server and packages all necessary files
+# such as images, Handlebars templates, etc.
+
+# This script is version-specific. If you need to build an old version,
+# check out that version from Git and call the old version of this
+# script. This can be automated with `git archive`.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+TEMP_GIBBERISH="ptth_server_build_BIHWLQXQ"
+DEST="$TEMP_GIBBERISH/ptth"
+
+mkdir "$TEMP_GIBBERISH"
+mkdir "$DEST"
+
+cargo build --release -p ptth_server
+
+cp target/release/ptth_server "$DEST/ptth_server"
+mkdir -p "$DEST/handlebars/server"
+rsync -rv handlebars/server/ "$DEST/handlebars/server/"
+
+pushd "$TEMP_GIBBERISH" > /dev/null
+	tar -cvzf "ptth_$(date +%Y_%m%b_%d).tar.gz" ptth/
+popd > /dev/null