diff --git a/scripts/make_package.sh b/scripts/make_package.sh
index ac851081..b98c473e 100644
--- a/scripts/make_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/make_package.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-DEST_DIR=$1
+DEST_DIR=$(realpath $1)
 
 CURRENT_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
 CURRENT_DIR=$(realpath ${CURRENT_DIR})
 
 . "${CURRENT_DIR}/env.sh" "$2" "$3" "$4" "$5" "$6"
 
+TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+
+function exit_and_clean() {
+  echo $1
+  rm -rf ${TEMP_DIR}
+  exit $2
+}
+
 if [ ! -d "${PROJECT_DIST_DIR}" ]; then
   echo "Dist directory not found: ${PROJECT_DIST_DIR}"
   exit 1
@@ -19,3 +27,11 @@ fi
 
 PACKAGE_ROOT=${PROJECT_DIST_DIR}/..
 PACKAGE_ROOT=$(realpath ${PACKAGE_ROOT})
+
+rsync -av --progress ${PACKAGE_ROOT}/ ${TEMP_DIR}/ || exit_and_clean "Failed to rsync" 1
+
+pushd "${DEST_DIR}"
+tar cvzf ${PROJECT_APP_NAME}.tar.gz -C ${TEMP_DIR} . || exit_and_clean "Failed to create archive" 1
+popd
+
+exit_and_clean "Created package successfully" 0