diff --git a/ci/install.sh b/ci/install.sh
index cc90271..5020092 100755
--- a/ci/install.sh
+++ b/ci/install.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ for ver in $NODEJS_VERSIONS; do
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     cd ..
     source ci/$OS/bundle.sh;
-    source ci/release.sh;
+    source ci/tarball.sh;
   else
     echo "error building in nodejs version $ver"
     cd ..
diff --git a/ci/release.sh b/ci/tarball.sh
similarity index 77%
rename from ci/release.sh
rename to ci/tarball.sh
index 525f050..461cb21 100755
--- a/ci/release.sh
+++ b/ci/tarball.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ FILENAME=$(
 ).tar.gz;
 
 # Zip up the release
-tar -C node-canvas/build -czf $FILENAME Release/ || {
+tar -C node-canvas/build -czf $FILENAME Release/;
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "failed to make tarball $FILENAME from node-canvas/build"
   exit 1;
-}
+else
+  echo "created release tarball $FILENAME";
+fi