diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cde0123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+dist/
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e37527c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# This is an example .goreleaser.yml file with some sensible defaults.
+# Make sure to check the documentation at https://goreleaser.com
+before:
+  hooks:
+    # You may remove this if you don't use go modules.
+    - go mod tidy
+builds:
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    goos:
+      - linux
+
+archives:
+  - format: tar.gz
+    # this name template makes the OS and Arch compatible with the results of uname.
+    name_template: >-
+      {{ .ProjectName }}_
+      {{- title .Os }}_
+      {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
+      {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386
+      {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
+      {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
+    # use zip for windows archives
+    format_overrides:
+    - goos: windows
+      format: zip
+checksum:
+  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
+snapshot:
+  name_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - '^docs:'
+      - '^test:'
+
+# The lines beneath this are called `modelines`. See `:help modeline`
+# Feel free to remove those if you don't want/use them.
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://goreleaser.com/static/schema.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3f9da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+build:
+	go build
+
+gorealeaser-build:
+	goreleaser release --snapshot --rm-dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/backy/backy.go b/pkg/backy/backy.go
index b130c2c..d67a604 100644
--- a/pkg/backy/backy.go
+++ b/pkg/backy/backy.go
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ func ReadAndParseConfigFile(configFile string) *BackyConfigFile {
 	logFile := backyLoggingOpts.GetString("file")
 	if verbose {
 		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
+		globalLvl := zerolog.GlobalLevel().String()
+		os.Setenv("BACKY_LOGLEVEL", globalLvl)
 	}
 	output := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stdout, TimeFormat: time.RFC1123}
 	output.FormatLevel = func(i interface{}) string {