diff --git a/.versionrc.json b/.versionrc.json
index d63dbaf7..42ec871c 100644
--- a/.versionrc.json
+++ b/.versionrc.json
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "skip": {
-    "commit": true,
-    "tag": true
-  },
   "types": [
     { "type": "feat", "section": "Features" },
     { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes" },
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d6f0e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
+
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 936c2063..6646ca6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
     "start": "electron .",
     "test": "jest",
     "circ": "madge -c ./src",
-    "release": "standard-version --dry-run",
-    "prerelease": "standard-version --prerelease alpha --dry-run"
+    "release:main": "standard-version --dry-run --skip.commit --skip.tag",
+    "release:pre": "standard-version --prerelease=alpha --dry-run --skip.changelog"
   },
   "repository": "github:elyukai/optolith-client",
   "husky": {