diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67100c69..98c014e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ cache/
 apps/
 dist/
 debug/
+release/
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index f8ea2310..2a6f97fa 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var runSequence = require('run-sequence');
 var distDir = './dist/';
 var appsDir = './apps/';
 var debugDir = './debug/';
+var releaseDir = './release/';
 
 function get_task_name(key) {
     return 'build-' + key.replace(/([A-Z])/g, function ($1) { return "-" + $1.toLowerCase(); });
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ function get_release_filename(platform, ext) {
 gulp.task('release-windows', function () {
     var pkg = require('./package.json');
     var src = path.join(appsDir, pkg.name, 'win32');
-    var output = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(appsDir, get_release_filename('win32', 'zip')));
+    var output = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(releaseDir, get_release_filename('win32', 'zip')));
     var archive = archiver('zip', {
         zlib: { level: 9 }
     });
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ gulp.task('release-windows', function () {
 gulp.task('release-linux', function () {
     var pkg = require('./package.json');
     var src = path.join(appsDir, pkg.name, 'linux64');
-    var output = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(appsDir, get_release_filename('linux64', 'zip')));
+    var output = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(releaseDir, get_release_filename('linux64', 'zip')));
     var archive = archiver('zip', {
         zlib: { level: 9 }
     });
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ gulp.task('release-macos', function () {
         var sign_cmd = 'codesign --verbose --force --sign "' + process.env.CODESIGN_IDENTITY + '" ' + src;
         child_process.execSync(sign_cmd);
     }
-    var output = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(appsDir, get_release_filename('macOS', 'zip')));
+    var output = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(releaseDir, get_release_filename('macOS', 'zip')));
     var archive = archiver('zip', {
         zlib: { level: 9 }
     });
@@ -253,6 +254,14 @@ gulp.task('release-macos', function () {
 
 // Create distributable .zip files in ./apps
 gulp.task('release', ['apps'], function () {
+    fs.mkdir(releaseDir, "0775", function(err) {
+        if (err) {
+            if (err.code !== 'EEXIST') {
+                throw err;
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
     return runSequence('release-macos', 'release-windows', 'release-linux');
 });
 
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index d1ee5725..87db55ea 100755
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "manifest_version": 2,
     "minimum_chrome_version": "38",
-    "version": "10.0.0",
+    "version": "10.0.0-RC1",
     "author": "Betaflight Squad",
     "name": "Betaflight - Configurator",
     "short_name": "Betaflight",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df2cfb46..4ad642db 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "betaflight-configurator",
     "description": "Crossplatform configuration tool for Betaflight flight control system.",
-    "version": "10.0.0",
+    "version": "10.0.0-RC1",
     "main": "main.html",
     "default_locale": "en",
     "scripts": {