diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 7bbf1e546..99f346a98 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ matrix:
 platform:
   - Any CPU
 
-configuration:
-  - Debug
-  - Release
 
 # Attempt to limit the number of commits to clone - our project has a LOT of history
 # TODO: drop this to about ~100 later on
@@ -57,29 +54,41 @@ before_build:
   - nuget restore
 
 build_script:
+  - echo "Building Debug"
   - ps: >
       msbuild 
       "C:\projects\audio-analysis\AudioAnalysis\AudioAnalysis2012.sln" /m /verbosity:minimal 
       /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll"
       /p:WarningLevel=0 /p:RunCodeAnalysis=false
-      /p:Configuration=$env:configuration /property:Platform=$env:platform
+      /p:Configuration=Debug /property:Platform=$env:platform
 
+  - echo "Building Release"
+  - ps: >
+      msbuild 
+      "C:\projects\audio-analysis\AudioAnalysis\AudioAnalysis2012.sln" /m /verbosity:minimal 
+      /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll"
+      /p:WarningLevel=0 /p:RunCodeAnalysis=false
+      /p:Configuration=Release /property:Platform=$env:platform
+
+after_build:
+  # package up artifacts
+  # defined env vars: $env:ApPackage{Configuration} , $env:ApVersion , $env:ApName{Configuration}
+  - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
+  - ps: . .\package.ps1 "Debug"
+  - ps: . .\package.ps1 "Release"
+  
 test:
   assemblies:
     only:
-      #- "C:\Work\Github\audio-analysis\Acoustics\Acoustics.Test\bin\Debug\Acoustics.Test.dll"
-      #- "C:\Work\Github\audio-analysis\AudioAnalysis\AED\Test\bin\Debug\Test.dll"
-      - '**\Acoustics.Test.dll'
-
-before_package:
-  # package up artifacts
-  # defined env vars: $env:ApPackage , $env:ApVersion , $env:ApName
-  - ps: . .\package.ps1 $env:configuration
+      #- "Acoustics\Acoustics.Test\bin\Debug\Acoustics.Test.dll"
+      - '**bin\Debug\Acoustics.Test.dll'
   
 # Upload previously generated artifacts
 artifacts:
-  - path: $(ApPackage)
-    name: $(ApName)
+  - path: '$(ApPackageDebug)'
+    name: '$(ApNameDebug)'
+  - path: '$(ApPackageRelease)'
+    name: '$(ApNameRelease)'
 
 before_deploy:
   # Enable git credential store
@@ -89,6 +98,9 @@ before_deploy:
   # add our auth token to the cred store
   - ps: Add-Content "$env:USERPROFILE\.git-credentials" "https://$($env:GH_CREATE_RELEASES_TOKEN):x-oauth-basic@github.com`n"
   # tag if needed, and output $env:ApTagName 
+  - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
+  # Buggy authentication with git-lfs
+  - git config lfs.https://github.com/QutBioacoustics/audio-analysis.git/info/lfs.locksverify false
   - ps: . .\tag.ps1 $env:ApVersion
   # prepare release strings: $env:ApReleaseMessage, $env:ApReleaseTitle
   - ps: . .\release.ps1 $env:ApTagName $true
@@ -99,7 +111,7 @@ deploy:
     release: "$(ApReleaseTitle)"
     description: "$(ApReleaseMessage)"
     auth_token: $(GH_CREATE_RELEASES_TOKEN)
-    artifact: $(ApName)
+    artifact: $(ApNameDebug),$(ApNameRelease)
     prerelease: true
     on:
       # Do not create new releases unless this is the master branch
diff --git a/package.ps1 b/package.ps1
index 87ccb1497..ed89631ee 100644
--- a/package.ps1
+++ b/package.ps1
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # This script has been modified to work with our CI server
 
 param($configuration = $null)
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"
 
 function script:exec {
     [CmdletBinding()]
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function Check-Command($cmdname)
 }
 
 
-if (!(Check-Command 7za)) {
+if (!(Check-Command 7z)) {
 	throw "Cannot find needed executable dependencies";
 }
 
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ $env:ApVersion = $version
 echo "Packging files for version $version"
 
 $ApName = "$configuration.$version.zip"
-$env:ApName = $ApName
+Set-Item "env:AppName$Configuration" $ApName
 
 # create tar.gz for $environment
-exec { 7za.exe a -tzip $ApName "./$configuration/*" -xr0!*log.txt* }
+exec { 7z a -tzip $ApName "./$configuration/*" -xr0!*log.txt* }
 
 echo "Packing complete"
 
-$env:ApPackage = Join-Path $pwd $ApName
+Set-Item "env:ApPackage$Configuration" (Join-Path "AudioAnalysis\AnalysisPrograms\bin" $ApName)
 
 }
 finally {
diff --git a/release.ps1 b/release.ps1
index c8e145f41..24487e55d 100644
--- a/release.ps1
+++ b/release.ps1
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # This script has been modified to work with our CI server
 
 param($tag_name, [bool]$ci = $false, [bool]$pre_release = $true)
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"
 
 function script:exec {
     [CmdletBinding()]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if (!$ci -and !(Check-Command hub)) {
 
 echo "Creating release message"
 # we assumed we've already tagged before describing this release
-$old_tag_name =  exec { git describe --abbrev=0 --always "$tag_name^2" }
+$old_tag_name =  exec { git describe --abbrev=0 --always "$tag_name^" }
 
 $compare_message = "[Compare $old_tag_name...$tag_name](https://github.com/QutBioacoustics/audio-analysis/compare/$old_tag_name...$tag_name)"
 $commit_summary = exec { git log --no-merges --pretty=format:"%h %an - %s" "$old_tag_name...$tag_name" -- . ':(exclude,icase)*.r' }
diff --git a/tag.ps1 b/tag.ps1
index ef6be8b2f..cf08e0636 100644
--- a/tag.ps1
+++ b/tag.ps1
@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 # This script has been modified to work with our CI server
 
 param($version)
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"
+
+function script:exec {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+
+	param(
+		[Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=1)][scriptblock]$cmd,
+		[Parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=0)][string]$errorMessage = ("Error executing command: {0}" -f $cmd)
+	)
+	& $cmd 2>&1
+	if ($lastexitcode -ne 0)
+	{
+		throw $errorMessage
+	}
+}
 
 
 
@@ -17,4 +31,4 @@ if ($tags -contains $tag_name) {
 
 exec { git tag -a -m "Version $tag_name" $tag_name }
 echo "pushing tags"
-exec { git push origin $tag_name}
+exec { git push origin $tag_name } 2>&1