diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8cd391a..d42ab35 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-report_template.tex
-report_template.pdf
-report_template.docx
-project_meta_requirements.pdf
+out/*
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ab80e74..da8d69c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,12 @@ addons:
 
 script:
   make all
+
+deploy:
+  provider: releases
+  api_key:
+    secure: $GH_TOKEN
+  file: out/*
+  skip_cleanup: true
+  on:
+    tags: true
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4926cbf..d4a034a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # convert the markdown template to latex
 textemplate: report_template.md
-	pandoc -o report_template.tex $<
+	pandoc -o out/report_template.tex $<
 
 # convert the markdown template to pdf
 pdftemplate: report_template.md
-	pandoc -o report_template.pdf $<
+	pandoc -o out/report_template.pdf $<
 
 # convert the markdown template to word
 wordtemplate: report_template.md
-	pandoc -o report_template.docx $<
+	pandoc -o out/report_template.docx $<
 
 # convert the markdown requirements to pdf
 requirements: project.md
-	pandoc -o project_meta_requirements.pdf $<
+	pandoc -o out/project_meta_requirements.pdf $<
 
 all: textemplate pdftemplate wordtemplate requirements
 
 clean:
-	xargs -I % find -name % -delete < .gitignore
+	rm out/*
diff --git a/out/.gitignore b/out/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29