diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86733f49..277dac7d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,17 +88,17 @@ ifndef GH
 	$(error please install github-cli)
 endif
 
-	if [ ! -d ${cliHomebrewDir} ]; then \
-		@echo "homebrew-dnote not found locally. did you clone it?"; \
-		@exit 1; \
-	fi
-
 	@echo "==> releasing cli"
 	@${currentDir}/scripts/release.sh cli $(version) ${cliOutputDir}
+.PHONY: release-cli
 
-	@echo "===> releasing on Homebrew"
-	@(cd "${cliHomebrewDir}" && \
-		./release.sh "$(version)" "${cliOutputDir}/dnote_$(version)_darwin_amd64.tar.gz")
+release-cli-homebrew: clean build-cli
+ifndef version
+	$(error version is required. Usage: make version=0.1.0 release-cli)
+endif
+
+	@echo "==> releasing cli on Homebrew"
+	@${currentDir}/scripts/cli/release-homebrew.sh $(version) ${cliOutputDir}
 .PHONY: release-cli
 
 release-server:
diff --git a/scripts/cli/release-homebrew.sh b/scripts/cli/release-homebrew.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bf02e4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cli/release-homebrew.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eux
+
+currentDir=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
+cliHomebrewDir=${currentDir}/../../homebrew-dnote
+
+if [ ! -d "$cliHomebrewDir" ]; then
+  echo "homebrew-dnote not found locally. Cloning."
+  git clone git@github.com:dnote/homebrew-dnote.git "$cliHomebrewDir"
+fi
+
+version=$1
+tarball=$2
+
+echo "version: $version"
+echo "tarball: $tarball"
+
+sha=$(shasum -a 256 "$tarball" | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+
+pushd "$cliHomebrewDir"
+
+echo "pulling latest dnote-homebrew repo"
+git checkout master
+git pull origin master
+
+cat > ./Formula/dnote.rb << EOF
+class Dnote < Formula
+  desc "A simple command line notebook for programmers"
+  homepage "https://www.getdnote.com"
+  url "https://github.com/dnote/dnote/releases/download/cli-v${version}/dnote_${version}_darwin_amd64.tar.gz"
+  version "${version}"
+  sha256 "${sha}"
+
+  def install
+    bin.install "dnote"
+  end
+
+  test do
+    system "#{bin}/dnote", "version"
+  end
+end
+EOF
+
+git add .
+git commit --author="Monomax Bot <bot@monomaxlabs.com>" -m "Release ${version}"
+git push --author="Monomax Bot <bot@monomaxlabs.com>" origin master
+
+popd