diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e6550104da..f3ac59b056 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -337,6 +337,13 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - attach_workspace:
           at: .
+      - restore_cache:
+          keys:
+            - v1-deps-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
+      - run: yarn
+      - run: 
+          name: "Upload Artifacts"
+          command: npx ts-node apps/remix-ide/ci/update_desktop_release_assets.ts
   lint:
     docker:
       - image: cimg/node:20.0.0-browsers
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 01477ff7f7..bcc5be412a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ soljson.js
 *_group*.*.ts
 *_group*.ts
 stats.json
+release
 
 
 # compiled output
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/update_desktop_release_assets.ts b/apps/remix-ide/ci/update_desktop_release_assets.ts
index 8d55ea4a94..bddd7f8aaf 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/ci/update_desktop_release_assets.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/ci/update_desktop_release_assets.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,41 @@
-import { Octokit } from 'octokit'
+import {Octokit} from 'octokit'
 import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as path from 'path'
 
 const owner = 'bunsenstraat'
 const repo = 'remix-desktop'
 const headers = {
-  'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28'
+  'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
 }
 
 const octokit = new Octokit({
-  auth: process.env.GH_TOKEN
+  auth: process.env.GH_TOKEN,
 })
 
-
 async function getAllReleases() {
   const releases = await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases', {
     owner: owner,
     repo: repo,
-    headers: headers
+    headers: headers,
   })
   return releases.data
 }
 
+async function uploadReleaseAsset(release, name, file) {
+  const upload_url = release.upload_url
+  console.log(upload_url)
+  octokit.request({
+    method: "POST",
+    url: upload_url,
+    headers: {
+      "content-type": "text/plain",
+    },
+    data: fs.readFileSync(file),
+    name,
+    label: name
+  });
+}
+
 async function getVersionFromPackageJson() {
   // ignore ts error
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
@@ -29,49 +43,57 @@ async function getVersionFromPackageJson() {
   return packageJson.version
 }
 
-async function getReleaseByTag(tag_name: string) {
-  const releases = await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/tags/{tag}', {
-    owner: owner,
-    repo: repo,
-    tag: tag_name,
-    headers: headers
-  })
-  return releases.data
+async function readReleaseFilesFromLocalDirectory() {
+  const directoryPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../release')
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(directoryPath)
+  return files
 }
 
-async function getReleaseAssets(release_id: number) {
-  const assets = await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/assets', {
+async function removeAsset(asset) {
+  await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}', {
     owner: owner,
     repo: repo,
-    release_id: release_id,
-    headers: headers
+    asset_id: asset.id,
+    headers: headers,
   })
+}
 
-  for (const asset of assets.data) {
-    console.log(asset.name)
+async function main() {
+  const allReleases = await getAllReleases()
+  const version = await getVersionFromPackageJson()
+  console.log(`preparing release version: ${version}`)
+  let release
+  allReleases.find((r) => {
+    if (r.tag_name === `v${version}`) {
+      release = r
+    }
+  })
+  if (!release) {
+    console.log('No release found.')
+    return
   }
 
-}
+  let files = await readReleaseFilesFromLocalDirectory()
 
-async function readReleaseFilesFromLocalDirectory() {
-  const directoryPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../release')
-  const files = fs.readdirSync(directoryPath)
+  files = files.filter((file) => file.endsWith('.dmg') || file.endsWith('.exe') || file.endsWith('.AppImage') || file.endsWith('.snap') || file.endsWith('.deb') || file.startsWith('latest'))
+  console.log(`Found ${files.length} files to upload`)
   console.log(files)
-}
-
-
-async function main() {
-  const version = await getVersionFromPackageJson()
-  console.log(version)
-  const release = await getReleaseByTag('v' + version)
-  console.log(release)
   if (!release.draft) {
-    console.log('Release is not a draft')
+    console.log(`Release ${version} is not a draft. Aborting...`)
     return
   }
+  // upload files
+  for (const file of files) {
+    // check if it is already uploaded
+    const asset = release.assets.find((a) => a.label === file)
+    if (asset) {
+      console.log(`Asset ${file} already uploaded... replacing it`)
+      // remove it first
+      await removeAsset(asset)
+    }
+    await uploadReleaseAsset(release, file, path.join(__dirname, '../../../release', file))
+  }
 }
 
-//main()
-readReleaseFilesFromLocalDirectory()
-console.log(process.env.GH_TOKEN)
-//getReleaseAssets()
\ No newline at end of file
+main()
+
diff --git a/apps/remixdesktop/package.json b/apps/remixdesktop/package.json
index f917c36730..6ed62fb98d 100644
--- a/apps/remixdesktop/package.json
+++ b/apps/remixdesktop/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "remixdesktop",
-  "version": "0.0.11-Alpha",
+  "version": "0.0.12-Alpha",
   "main": "build/main.js",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "commonjs",