diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index ad1a7e07..3f8a6953 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ NOTE it's important that you don't run the `RunTests.exe` from within an esy she
 - Edit the files in editor-extensions/vscode/src/syntaxes
 - Run `cd editor-extensions/vscode && npm run build-syntaxes`
 
-## To test your changes in one of the example projects
+### To test your changes in one of the example projects
 - Open the "Debug" pane in VS Code. Select a debug target. Press "Run"
 - It should start up a window titled `[Extension development host]`
 - Run `npm install && npm run build` in the project directory
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ NOTE it's important that you don't run the `RunTests.exe` from within an esy she
 
 You can then develop on the language server! When you change something, the server will automatically reload.
 
+### Building a new release
+
+- Add a commit with the message `actions: release` (it can have anything in the body), that increments the version in `extensions/vscode/package.json` to the desired version. Github actions will see that commit, and build a new github release.
+- then download the .vsix, briefly test it locally, and then use `vsce` to publish the release
+
 ## Copyright & License
 
 Copyright © 2018 Jared Forsyth and contributors.
diff --git a/editor-extensions/vscode/package.json b/editor-extensions/vscode/package.json
index fec920a0..c53381be 100644
--- a/editor-extensions/vscode/package.json
+++ b/editor-extensions/vscode/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	"description": "IDE & Syntax support for Reason/OCaml",
 	"author": "Jared Forsyth",
 	"license": "ISC",
-	"version": "1.7.8",
+	"version": "1.7.9",
 	"publisher": "jaredly",
 	"repository": {
 		"type": "git",