diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 322693f5..9a6dcd0e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,20 +15,22 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(extern/fmt)
 
-set(BUILD_TESTING OFF FORCE)
-set(BUILD_PROGRAMS OFF FORCE)
-set(BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF FORCE)
-set(ENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBS OFF FORCE)
-set(ENABLE_MPEG OFF FORCE)
+set(BUILD_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "aaaaaa" FORCE)
+set(BUILD_PROGRAMS OFF CACHE BOOL "aaa" FORCE)
+set(BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "a" FORCE)
+set(ENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "come on" FORCE)
+set(ENABLE_MPEG OFF CACHE BOOL "come on" FORCE)
 add_subdirectory(extern/libsndfile)
+add_subdirectory(extern/zlib)
+
+include_directories(extern/zlib ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/extern/zlib)
 
 if (WIN32)
   set(SDL_SHARED OFF)
   add_subdirectory(extern/SDL)
-  add_subdirectory(extern/zlib)
   set(HAVE_SDL2 SDL2-static)
   set(HAVE_Z zlibstatic)
-  include_directories(extern/imgui extern/IconFontCppHeaders extern/imgui/backends extern/igfd extern/zlib ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/extern/zlib extern/fmt/include)
+  include_directories(extern/imgui extern/IconFontCppHeaders extern/imgui/backends extern/igfd extern/fmt/include)
 else()
   if (BUILD_GUI)
     set(SDL_SHARED ON)
@@ -45,8 +47,8 @@ else()
   if (NOT APPLE)
     find_library(HAVE_JACK jack)
   endif()
-  find_library(HAVE_Z z)
   find_library(HAVE_SNDFILE sndfile)
+  set(HAVE_Z zlibstatic)
 endif()
 
 set(AUDIO_SOURCES src/audio/abstract.cpp)
diff --git a/res/furnace.desktop b/res/furnace.desktop
index ff8ce146..67e83996 100644
--- a/res/furnace.desktop
+++ b/res/furnace.desktop
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Icon=furnace
 Exec=furnace
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
-Categories=Audio;
+Categories=AudioVideo;Audio;
diff --git a/scripts/release-linux.sh b/scripts/release-linux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a3c945da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release-linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# make linux release
+
+if [ ! -e /tmp/furnace ]; then
+  ln -s "$PWD" /tmp/furnace || exit 1
+fi
+
+cd /tmp/furnace
+
+if [ ! -e linuxbuild ]; then
+  mkdir linuxbuild || exit 1
+fi
+
+cd linuxbuild
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Werror" .. || exit 1
+make -j4 || exit 1
+
+cd ..
+
+mkdir -p release/linux/furnace.AppDir || exit 1
+cd linuxbuild
+
+make DESTDIR=/tmp/furnace/release/linux/furnace.AppDir install || exit 1
+
+cd ../release/linux/furnace.AppDir
+
+cp ../../../res/logo.png furnace.png || exit 1
+ln -s furnace.png .DirIcon || exit 1
+cp ../../../res/furnace.desktop . || exit 1
+cp ../../../res/AppRun . || exit 1
+
+cp /usr/lib/libm.so.6 usr/lib/ || exit 1
+cp /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 usr/lib/ || exit 1
+cp /usr/lib/libc.so.6 usr/lib/ || exit 1
+cp /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 usr/lib/ || exit 1
+
+cd ..
+
+[ -e appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage ] || { wget "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage" && chmod 755 appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage; }
+ARCH=$(uname -m) ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage furnace.AppDir
+
+#zip -r furnace.zip LICENSE.txt Furnace*.dmg README.txt papers