diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5ee297649a9db588612e8dbaff85c5d9fab849c4..e08e99ded9d3c1a6bbc8601915465f08b5925aba 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,19 @@
   # adnrv/texlive
 #  LATEX_IMAGE: listx/texlive:2020
 
+stages:
+  - build
+  - release
+
 build-windows:
   stage: build
   tags:
     - windows
     - latex
+  before_script:
+    - echo $CI_JOB_ID
+    # Writing GE_JOB_ID variable to environment file, will need the value in the next stage.
+    - echo BUILD_JOB_ID=$CI_JOB_ID >> build-windows.env
   script:
     # prepare all possible variants of the thesis
     - (Get-Content ./Example.tex -Raw) -Replace 'ThesisType.=.{\w*}', 'ThesisType = {SEM}' | Set-Content ./Example_SEM.tex
@@ -29,12 +37,41 @@ build-windows:
     - (Get-Content ./Example.tex -Raw) -Replace 'ThesisType.=.{\w*}', 'ThesisType = {PHD}' | Set-Content ./Example_PHD.tex
     # remove Example.tex - no need to compile it now
     - rm ./Example.tex
+    - rm ./Example.pdf
     # compile all .tex files
     - latexmk -pdf
 
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - "*.pdf"
+    reports:
+      # To ensure we've access to this file in the next stage
+      dotenv: build-windows.env
+
+release-windows:
+  stage: release
+  tags:
+    - windows
+    - latex
+  needs:
+    - job: build-windows
+      artifacts: true
+  variables:
+    TAG: '$CI_COMMIT_SHA'
+  script:
+    - echo "Create Release $TAG"
+    - echo $JOB_ID  
+  release:
+    name: 'Release $TAG'
+    tag_name: '$TAG'
+    ref: '$TAG'
+    description: 'Release $TAG'
+    assets:
+      links:
+        - name: "Thesis examples.zip"
+          url: "git.ift.tuwien.ac.at/lab/pub/ift-latex/-/jobs/${BUILD_JOB_ID}/artifacts/download"
+
+
 
 #release:
 #  stage: release
@@ -50,5 +87,5 @@ build-windows:
   #    links:
   #      - name: 'Compiled example thesis'
   #      https://example.com/<namespace>/<project>/-/jobs/artifacts/<ref>/download?job=<job_name>
-#
+#https://git.ift.tuwien.ac.at/lab/pub/ift-latex/-/jobs/524/artifacts/download?file_type=archive
  #         url: 'https://git.ift.tuwien.ac.at/lab/pub/ift-latex/-/jobs/${GE_JOB_ID}/artifacts/file/*.pdf'