diff --git a/deploy_release.py b/deploy_release.py
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+import requests
+import json 
+import sys 
+import os
+
+branch = os.environ["GIT_BRANCH"]
+tag_name = os.environ["bamboo_tag_name"]
+name = os.environ["bamboo_release_name"]
+
+#because we can't find any other secure way to get a token into this script run from bamboo :'(
+with open('/home/bamboo/scripts/token.py') as f:
+    token = f.read().rsplit('=', 1)[1].strip()
+
+body = 'This is the newest release for TShock.  Please see the release thread for more information @ http://tshock.co/xf'
+
+data = {'tag_name':tag_name, 'target_commitish':branch, 'name':name, 'body':body, 'draft':False, 'prerelease':False}
+headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'token ' + token}
+
+print json.dumps(data)
+req = requests.post('https://api.github.com/repos/NyxStudios/TShock/releases', data = json.dumps(data), headers = headers)
+
+print req.text
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