diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9ad37a695..34b7ca636 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ stages:
   - build
   - test
 
+variables:
+  VERSION: "0.3.6"
+
 build:linux:
   image: asherd/veruscoin-cross-compiler:linux
   variables:
@@ -22,10 +25,13 @@ build:linux:
   script:
     - "./zcutil/fetch-params.sh"
     - "./zcutil/build.sh"
-    - "cp src/komodod src/komodo-cli kmd/linux/verus-cli && chmod -R +x kmd/linux/verus-cli/"
+    - "./makeReleaseLinux.sh"
+    - "cd kmd/linux/"
+    - "tar -czvf verus-cli-linux-v$VERSION-beta.tar.gz verus-cli"
+    - "mv verus-cli-linux-v$VERSION-beta.tar.gz ../.."
   artifacts:
     paths:
-    - kmd/linux/verus-cli
+    - verus-cli-linux-v$VERSION-beta.tar.gz
     expire_in: 1 week
 
 build:windows:
@@ -50,10 +56,13 @@ build:windows:
   script:
     - "./zcutil/fetch-params.sh"
     - "./zcutil/build-win.sh"
-    - "cp src/komodod.exe src/komodo-cli.exe src/komodo-tx.exe kmd/windows/verus-cli"
+    - "./makeReleaseLinux.sh"
+    - "cd kmd/windows/"
+    - "zip verus-cli-windows-v$VERSION-beta.zip verus-cli"
+    - "mv verus-cli-windows-v$VERSION-beta.zip ../.."
   artifacts:
     paths:
-    - kmd/windows/verus-cli
+    - verus-cli-windows-v$VERSION-beta.zip
     expire_in: 1 week
 
 build:mac:
@@ -67,10 +76,13 @@ build:mac:
   script:
     - "./zcutil/fetch-params.sh"
     - "./zcutil/build-mac.sh | xcpretty"
-    - "./makeRelease.sh"
+    - "./makeReleaseMac.sh"
+    - "cd kmd/mac/"
+    - "tar -czvf verus-cli-mac-v$VERSION-beta.tar.gz verus-cli"
+    - "mv verus-cli-mac-v$VERSION-beta.tar.gz ../.."
   artifacts:
     paths:
-    - kmd/mac/verus-cli
+    - verus-cli-mac-v$VERSION-beta.tar.gz
     expire_in: 1 week
 
 code_quality:
diff --git a/kmd/mac/verus-cli/fetch-params.sh b/kmd/mac/verus-cli/fetch-params.sh
index 6a2f3925d..d066ac228 100755
--- a/kmd/mac/verus-cli/fetch-params.sh
+++ b/kmd/mac/verus-cli/fetch-params.sh
@@ -1,165 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -eu
+curl "https://z.cash/downloads/sprout-proving.key" -o "$HOME/Library/Application Support/ZcashParams/sprout-proving.key"
+curl "https://z.cash/downloads/sprout-verifying.key" -o "$HOME/Library/Application Support/ZcashParams/sprout-verifying.key"
 
-PARAMS_DIR="$HOME/Library/Application Support/ZcashParams"
 
-SPROUT_PKEY_NAME='sprout-proving.key'
-SPROUT_VKEY_NAME='sprout-verifying.key'
-SPROUT_URL="https://z.cash/downloads"
-SPROUT_IPFS="/ipfs/QmZKKx7Xup7LiAtFRhYsE1M7waXcv9ir9eCECyXAFGxhEo"
-
-SHA256CMD="$(command -v sha256sum || echo shasum)"
-SHA256ARGS="$(command -v sha256sum >/dev/null || echo '-a 256')"
-
-WGETCMD="$(command -v wget || echo '')"
-IPFSCMD="$(command -v ipfs || echo '')"
-
-# fetch methods can be disabled with ZC_DISABLE_SOMETHING=1
-ZC_DISABLE_WGET="${ZC_DISABLE_WGET:-}"
-ZC_DISABLE_IPFS="${ZC_DISABLE_IPFS:-}"
-
-function fetch_wget {
-    if [ -z "$WGETCMD" ] || ! [ -z "$ZC_DISABLE_WGET" ]; then
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    local filename="$1"
-    local dlname="$2"
-
-    cat <<EOF
-
-Retrieving (wget): $SPROUT_URL/$filename
-EOF
-
-    wget \
-        --progress=dot:giga \
-        --output-document="$dlname" \
-        --continue \
-        --retry-connrefused --waitretry=3 --timeout=30 \
-        "$SPROUT_URL/$filename"
-}
-
-function fetch_ipfs {
-    if [ -z "$IPFSCMD" ] || ! [ -z "$ZC_DISABLE_IPFS" ]; then
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    local filename="$1"
-    local dlname="$2"
-
-    cat <<EOF
-
-Retrieving (ipfs): $SPROUT_IPFS/$filename
-EOF
-
-    ipfs get --output "$dlname" "$SPROUT_IPFS/$filename"
-}
-
-function fetch_failure {
-    cat >&2 <<EOF
-
-Failed to fetch the Zcash zkSNARK parameters!
-Try installing one of the following programs and make sure you're online:
-
- * ipfs
- * wget
-
-EOF
-    exit 1
-}
-
-function fetch_params {
-    local filename="$1"
-    local output="$2"
-    local dlname="${output}.dl"
-    local expectedhash="$3"
-
-    if ! [ -f "$output" ]
-    then
-        for method in wget ipfs failure; do
-            if "fetch_$method" "$filename" "$dlname"; then
-                echo "Download successful!"
-                break
-            fi
-        done
-
-        "$SHA256CMD" $SHA256ARGS -c <<EOF
-$expectedhash  $dlname
-EOF
-
-        # Check the exit code of the shasum command:
-        CHECKSUM_RESULT=$?
-        if [ $CHECKSUM_RESULT -eq 0 ]; then
-            mv -v "$dlname" "$output"
-        else
-            echo "Failed to verify parameter checksums!" >&2
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
-# Use flock to prevent parallel execution.
-function lock() {
-    local lockfile=/tmp/fetch_params.lock
-    # create lock file
-    eval "exec 200>/$lockfile"
-    # acquire the lock
-    flock -n 200 \
-        && return 0 \
-        || return 1
-}
-
-function exit_locked_error {
-    echo "Only one instance of fetch-params.sh can be run at a time." >&2
-    exit 1
-}
-
-function main() {
-
-    lock fetch-params.sh \
-    || exit_locked_error
-
-    cat <<EOF
-Zcash - fetch-params.sh
-
-This script will fetch the Zcash zkSNARK parameters and verify their
-integrity with sha256sum.
-
-If they already exist locally, it will exit now and do nothing else.
-EOF
-
-    # Now create PARAMS_DIR and insert a README if necessary:
-    if ! [ -d "$PARAMS_DIR" ]
-    then
-        mkdir -p "$PARAMS_DIR"
-        README_PATH="$PARAMS_DIR/README"
-        cat >> "$README_PATH" <<EOF
-This directory stores common Zcash zkSNARK parameters. Note that it is
-distinct from the daemon's -datadir argument because the parameters are
-large and may be shared across multiple distinct -datadir's such as when
-setting up test networks.
-EOF
-
-        # This may be the first time the user's run this script, so give
-        # them some info, especially about bandwidth usage:
-        cat <<EOF
-The parameters are currently just under 911MB in size, so plan accordingly
-for your bandwidth constraints. If the files are already present and
-have the correct sha256sum, no networking is used.
-
-Creating params directory. For details about this directory, see:
-$README_PATH
-
-EOF
-    fi
-
-    cd "$PARAMS_DIR"
-
-    fetch_params "$SPROUT_PKEY_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SPROUT_PKEY_NAME" "8bc20a7f013b2b58970cddd2e7ea028975c88ae7ceb9259a5344a16bc2c0eef7"
-    fetch_params "$SPROUT_VKEY_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SPROUT_VKEY_NAME" "4bd498dae0aacfd8e98dc306338d017d9c08dd0918ead18172bd0aec2fc5df82"
-}
-
-main
-rm -f /tmp/fetch_params.lock
-exit 0
diff --git a/makeReleaseLinux.sh b/makeReleaseLinux.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c76fa67dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makeReleaseLinux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cp src/komodod src/komodo-cli kmd/linux/verus-cli
+chmod +x kmd/linux/verus-cli/komodo*
+chmod +x kmd/linux/verus-cli/veru*
diff --git a/makeReleaseMac.sh b/makeReleaseMac.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cfecf8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makeReleaseMac.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+KMD_DIR=kmd/mac/verus-cli
+
+binaries=("komodo-cli" "komodod")
+alllibs=()
+for binary in "${binaries[@]}";
+do
+    # do the work in the destination directory
+    cp src/$binary $KMD_DIR
+    # find the dylibs to copy for komodod
+    DYLIBS=`otool -L $KMD_DIR/$binary | grep "/usr/local" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
+    echo "copying $DYLIBS to $KMD_DIR"
+    # copy the dylibs to the srcdir
+    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; done
+    #DYLIBS=`otool -L $KMD_DIR/$binary | grep "/usr/lib" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
+    # copy the other dylibs to the srcdir
+    #for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; alllibs+=($dylib); done
+done
+
+libraries=("libgcc_s.1.dylib" "libgomp.1.dylib" "libidn2.0.dylib" "libstdc++.6.dylib")
+
+for binary in "${libraries[@]}";
+do
+    # Need to undo this for the dylibs when we are done
+    chmod 755 $KMD_DIR/$binary
+    # find the dylibs to copy for komodod
+    DYLIBS=`otool -L $KMD_DIR/$binary | grep "/usr/local" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
+    echo "copying $DYLIBS to $KMD_DIR"
+    # copy the dylibs to the srcdir
+    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; alllibs+=($dylib); done
+    #DYLIBS=`otool -L $KMD_DIR/$binary | grep "/usr/lib" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
+    # copy the other dylibs to the srcdir
+    #for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; alllibs+=($dylib); newlibs+=(`basename $dylib`); done
+done
+
+indirectlibraries=("libintl.8.dylib" "libunistring.2.dylib")
+
+newlibs=()
+for binary in "${indirectlibraries[@]}"
+do
+    # Need to undo this for the dylibs when we are done
+    chmod 755 src/$binary
+    # find the dylibs to copy for komodod
+    DYLIBS=`otool -L $KMD_DIR/$binary | grep "/usr/local" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
+    echo "copying indirect $DYLIBS to $KMD_DIR"
+    # copy the dylibs to the dest dir
+    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; alllibs+=($dylib); done
+    #DYLIBS=`otool -L $KMD_DIR/$binary | grep "/usr/lib" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
+    # copy the other dylibs to the srcdir
+    #for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; alllibs+=($dylib); newlibs+=(`basename $dylib`); done
+done
+
+# now process all the new libs we found indirectly
+for binary in "${newlibs[@]}";
+do
+    # Need to undo this for the dylibs when we are done
+    chmod 755 src/$binary
+    # find the dylibs to copy for komodod
+    DYLIBS=`otool -L $KMD_DIR/$binary | grep "/usr/local" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
+    echo "copying indirect $DYLIBS to $KMD_DIR"
+    # copy the dylibs to the dest dir
+    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; alllibs+=($dylib); done
+    #DYLIBS=`otool -L $KMD_DIR/$binary | grep "/usr/lib" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
+    # copy the other dylibs to the srcdir
+    #for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; alllibs+=($dylib); done
+done
+
+for binary in "${binaries[@]}";
+do
+    # modify komododi or komodo-cli to point to dylibs
+    echo "modifying $binary to use local libraries"
+    for dylib in "${alllibs[@]}"
+    do
+        echo "Next lib is $dylib "
+        install_name_tool -change $dylib @executable_path/`basename $dylib` $KMD_DIR/$binary
+    done
+    chmod +x $KMD_DIR/$binary
+done
+
+libs=("${libraries[@]}" "${indirectlibraries[@]}" "${newlibs[@]}")
+for binary in "${libs[@]}";
+do
+    # modify dylibs to point to dylibs
+    echo "modifying $binary to use local libraries"
+    for dylib in "${alllibs[@]}"
+    do
+        echo "Next lib is $dylib "
+        chmod 755 $KMD_DIR/$binary
+        install_name_tool -change $dylib @executable_path/`basename $dylib` $KMD_DIR/$binary
+    done
+    chmod +x $KMD_DIR/$binary
+done
+
diff --git a/makeReleaseWindows.sh b/makeReleaseWindows.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c9075094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makeReleaseWindows.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cp src/komodod.exe src/komodo-cli.exe src/komodo-tx.exe kmd/windows/verus-cli
diff --git a/requirements-debian.txt b/requirements-debian.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bfd9e6e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-debian.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+autoconf
+automake
+bsdmainutils
+build-essential
+curl
+g++-multilib
+git
+libc6-dev
+libcurl4-openssl-dev
+libtool
+ncurses-dev
+pkg-config
+python
+python-zmq
+m4
+unzip
+wget
+zlib1g-dev