diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 86cdd7293..4f7133ea1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,29 +2,9 @@ language: java
 
 install:
 - ./gradlew test
-- ./gradlew build
 
 script:
-- export VERSION=$(cat ../../build.gradle| grep "version '" | cut -d "'" -f 2-2)
-- wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/proguard/proguard/6.0/proguard6.0.3.zip
-- unzip proguard6.0.3.zip 2>&1 > /dev/null
-- cd build/libs
-- cat ../../proguard.pro | grep -v "this is the rt jar" | grep -v "\-injars" > api.pro # remove default rt jar and injar lines
-- echo "-libraryjars '$(java -verbose 2>/dev/null | sed -ne '1 s/\[Opened \(.*\)\]/\1/p')'" >> api.pro # insert correct rt.jar location
-- echo "-injars 'baritone-$VERSION.jar'" >> api.pro # insert current version
-- tail api.pro # debug, print out what the previous two commands generated
-- cat api.pro | grep -v "\-keep class baritone.api" > standalone.pro # standalone doesn't keep baritone api
-- wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/zmc2l3jnwdvzvak/tempLibraries.zip?dl=1 # i'm sorry
-- mv tempLibraries.zip?dl=1 tempLibraries.zip
-- unzip tempLibraries.zip
-- mkdir ../../dist
-- java -jar ../../proguard6.0.3/lib/proguard.jar @api.pro
-- mv Obfuscated/baritone-$VERSION.jar ../../dist/baritone-api-$VERSION.jar
-- java -jar ../../proguard6.0.3/lib/proguard.jar @standalone.pro
-- mv Obfuscated/baritone-$VERSION.jar ../../dist/baritone-standalone-$VERSION.jar
-- mv baritone-$VERSION.jar ../../dist/baritone-unoptimized-$VERSION.jar
-- cd ../..
-- shasum dist/*
+- sh scripts/build.sh
 
 deploy:
   provider: releases
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5971c242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+set -e # this makes the whole script fail immediately if any one of these commands fails
+./gradlew build
+export VERSION=$(cat ../../build.gradle| grep "version '" | cut -d "'" -f 2-2)
+wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/proguard/proguard/6.0/proguard6.0.3.zip
+unzip proguard6.0.3.zip 2>&1 > /dev/null
+cd build/libs
+cat ../../proguard.pro | grep -v "this is the rt jar" | grep -v "\-injars" > api.pro # remove default rt jar and injar lines
+echo "-libraryjars '$(java -verbose 2>/dev/null | sed -ne '1 s/\[Opened \(.*\)\]/\1/p')'" >> api.pro # insert correct rt.jar location
+echo "-injars 'baritone-$VERSION.jar'" >> api.pro # insert current version
+tail api.pro # debug, print out what the previous two commands generated
+cat api.pro | grep -v "\-keep class baritone.api" > standalone.pro # standalone doesn't keep baritone api
+wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/zmc2l3jnwdvzvak/tempLibraries.zip?dl=1 # i'm sorry
+mv tempLibraries.zip?dl=1 tempLibraries.zip
+unzip tempLibraries.zip
+mkdir ../../dist
+java -jar ../../proguard6.0.3/lib/proguard.jar @api.pro
+mv Obfuscated/baritone-$VERSION.jar ../../dist/baritone-api-$VERSION.jar
+java -jar ../../proguard6.0.3/lib/proguard.jar @standalone.pro
+mv Obfuscated/baritone-$VERSION.jar ../../dist/baritone-standalone-$VERSION.jar
+mv baritone-$VERSION.jar ../../dist/baritone-unoptimized-$VERSION.jar
+cd ../..
+shasum dist/*
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