diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb74213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zvirt-*.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41aa24b..ef5ff9a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
-.PHONY: all test unit-test syntax-test e2e-test lint clean prerequisites install
+.PHONY: all test unit-test syntax-test e2e-test lint clean prerequisites install uninstall release tarball install-tarball
 
-all: syntax-test unit-test e2e-test lint install
+all: syntax-test lint unit-test e2e-test release
 
 syntax-test:
 	@echo "Running syntax tests..."
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ prerequisites:
 	@echo "Installing prerequisites..."
 	@/bin/bash -Eeuo pipefail -c 'if ! bats --version &>/dev/null; then dnf install -y bats; fi'
 	@/bin/bash -Eeuo pipefail -c 'if ! yq --version &>/dev/null; then dnf install -y yq; fi'
+	@/bin/bash -Eeuo pipefail -c 'if ! shellcheck --version &>/dev/null; then dnf install -y shellcheck; fi'
+	@/bin/bash -Eeuo pipefail -c 'if ! gh --version &>/dev/null; then dnf install -y gh; fi'
 
 unit-test: prerequisites
 	@echo "Running unit tests..."
@@ -32,15 +34,21 @@ uninstall:
 	@rm -f $(PREFIX)/bin/zvirt
 	@rm -rf $(PREFIX)/lib/zvirt
 
-release:
+tarball:
 	@echo "Creating release tarball..."
 	@set -Eeuo pipefail; VERSION=$$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0); tar --exclude-vcs --exclude='*.swp' -czf zvirt-$$VERSION.tar.gz --transform "s|^src|zvirt-$$VERSION|" src
 
-install-release:
+install-tarball: tarball
 	@echo "Installing zvirt from release tarball..."
 	@set -Eeuo pipefail; VERSION=$$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0); tar -xvzf zvirt-$$VERSION.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C $(PREFIX)
 
+
+
+release: prerequisites tarball
+	@echo "Creating GitHub release..."
+	@set -Eeuo pipefail; VERSION=$$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0); gh release create $$VERSION zvirt-$$VERSION.tar.gz --draft --title "zvirt $$VERSION" --notes "Release $$VERSION of zvirt."
+
 clean:
-lint:
+lint: prerequisites
 	@echo "Linting..."
-	@shellcheck src/bin/zvirt src/lib/zvirt/*.sh
+	@cd src && shellcheck --severity=error bin/zvirt lib/zvirt/*.sh
diff --git a/src/lib/zvirt/core.sh b/src/lib/zvirt/core.sh
index c4e4207..32f1f50 100644
--- a/src/lib/zvirt/core.sh
+++ b/src/lib/zvirt/core.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+## zvirt core library - Provides functions for taking and reverting snapshots of libvirt domains using ZFS.
+##
+
 # Reports a verbose message to stdout if verbose mode is enabled.
 function log_verbose () {
   if [ "$verbose" -eq 1 ]; then
@@ -7,13 +13,13 @@ function log_verbose () {
 
 # Reports a fatal error message to stderr and exits with a non-zero exit code.
 function fatal () {
-    echo "Error: $@" 2>&1
+    echo "Error: $*" 2>&1
     exit 1
 }
 
 # Reports an error message to stderr.
 function error () {
-    echo "Error: $@" 2>&1
+    echo "Error: $*" 2>&1
 }
 
 function show_help () {