diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a3d1daa35cb03826357ec028b9d3d80855bf63af..d984cf411c0112cb1c5c9d0c95b7850f1e2017c1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,25 @@ build:
     - pip install -r requirements_deploy.txt
     - make build
 
-release:
+release_appimage:
+  extends:
+    - .env
+    - .changes
+  stage: release
+  when: manual
+  script:
+    - apt-get install wget
+    - pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - pip install -r requirements_deploy.txt
+    - make build
+    - make appimage
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - ci/appimage/Sakia_x86_64.AppImage
+#  only:
+#    - master
+
+release_pypi:
   extends:
     - .env
     - .push_to_github
@@ -96,7 +114,7 @@ release:
   only:
     - master
 
-release_test:
+release_pypi_test:
   extends: .env
   stage: release
   when: manual
diff --git a/ci/appimage/config.env b/ci/appimage/config.env
index 0282bc25bd0d7c943069bcb1db61e62973efe874..aec598fc92284ccfb7493c9fd2f271093f431109 100644
--- a/ci/appimage/config.env
+++ b/ci/appimage/config.env
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ export PYTHON_SOURCE=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.10/Python-3.6.10.tgz
 export PIP_REQUIREMENTS=$(pwd)/../../dist/sakia-${version}-py3-none-any.whl
 
 # linuxdeploy appimage plugin
-export OUTPUT=Sakia_x86_64-${version}.AppImage
+export OUTPUT=Sakia_x86_64.AppImage