diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 67565a4e..fba305d6 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ echo "### Tag: ${TAG}"
 echo "### VimR archive file name: ${VIMR_FILE_NAME}"
 
 ./bin/commit_and_push_tags.sh "${BRANCH}" "${TAG}"
-./bin/create_github_release.sh "${COMPOUND_VERSION}" "${TAG}" "${VIMR_FILE_NAME}" "${RELEASE_NOTES}"
+./bin/create_github_release.sh "${COMPOUND_VERSION}" "${TAG}" "${VIMR_FILE_NAME}" "${RELEASE_NOTES}" ${IS_SNAPSHOT}
 ./bin/set_appcast.py "build/Release/${VIMR_FILE_NAME}" "${BUNDLE_VERSION}" "${MARKETING_VERSION}" "${TAG}" ${IS_SNAPSHOT}
 ./bin/commit_and_push_appcast.sh "${BRANCH}" "${COMPOUND_VERSION}" ${IS_SNAPSHOT}
 
diff --git a/bin/create_github_release.sh b/bin/create_github_release.sh
index 358ec53c..e85643a7 100755
--- a/bin/create_github_release.sh
+++ b/bin/create_github_release.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,17 @@ COMPOUND_VERSION=$1
 TAG=$2
 VIMR_FILE_NAME=$3
 RELEASE_NOTES=$4
+IS_SNAPSHOT=$5
 
 pushd build/Release
 
 tar cjf ${VIMR_FILE_NAME} VimR.app
 
+PRERELEASE=""
+if [ "${IS_SNAPSHOT}" = true ] ; then
+    PRERELEASE="--pre-release"
+fi
+
 echo "### Creating release"
 GITHUB_TOKEN=$(cat ~/.config/github.qvacua.release.token) github-release release \
     --user qvacua \
@@ -18,7 +24,7 @@ GITHUB_TOKEN=$(cat ~/.config/github.qvacua.release.token) github-release release
     --tag "${TAG}" \
     --name "${COMPOUND_VERSION}" \
     --description "${RELEASE_NOTES}" \
-    --pre-release
+    "${PRERELEASE}"
 
 echo "### Uploading build"
 GITHUB_TOKEN=$(cat ~/.config/github.qvacua.release.token) github-release upload \