diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 228580a..622ab8b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,16 +23,22 @@ Fetches and creates versioned GitHub resources.
   for uploading. If `github_api_url` is set, this value defaults to the same
   value, but if you have your own endpoint, this field will override it.
 
+* `release`: *Optional. Default `true`.* When set to `true`, `put` produces
+  release and `check` will detects releases.  If `false`, `put` and `check` will ignore releases.
+  Note that releases must have semver compliant tags to be detected.
+
+* `pre_release`: *Optional. Default `false`.* When set to `true`, `put` produces
+  pre-release and `check` detects prereleases. If `false`, only non-prerelease releases
+  will be detected and published. Note that releases must have semver compliant
+  tags to be detected.
+  If `release` and `pre_release` are set to `true` `put` produces
+  release and `check` will detects prereleases and releases.
+
 * `drafts`: *Optional. Default `false`.* When set to `true`, `put` produces
   drafts and `check` only detects drafts. If `false`, only non-draft releases
   will be detected and published. Note that releases must have semver compliant
   tags to be detected, even if they're drafts.
 
-* `pre_release`: *Optional. Default `false`.* When set to `true`, `put` produces
-  pre-release and `check` only detects prereleases. If `false`, only non-prerelease releases
-  will be detected and published. Note that releases must have semver compliant
-  tags to be detected.
-
 ### Example
 
 ``` yaml
diff --git a/check_command.go b/check_command.go
index 4d9fd1c..3131144 100644
--- a/check_command.go
+++ b/check_command.go
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ func (c *CheckCommand) Run(request CheckRequest) ([]Version, error) {
 		if request.Source.Drafts != *release.Draft {
 			continue
 		}
-		if request.Source.PreRelease != *release.Prerelease {
+
+		// Should we skip this release
+		//   a- prerelease condition dont match our source config
+		//   b- release condition match  prerealse in github since github has true/false to describe release/prerelase
+		if request.Source.PreRelease != *release.Prerelease && request.Source.Release == *release.Prerelease {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/check/check.go b/cmd/check/check.go
index 469ef6d..f97489d 100644
--- a/cmd/check/check.go
+++ b/cmd/check/check.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	var request resource.CheckRequest
+	request := resource.NewCheckRequest()
 	inputRequest(&request)
 
 	github, err := resource.NewGitHubClient(request.Source)
diff --git a/cmd/out/out.go b/cmd/out/out.go
index 7b92e3f..a84234e 100644
--- a/cmd/out/out.go
+++ b/cmd/out/out.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	var request resource.OutRequest
+	request := resource.NewCheckRequest()
 	inputRequest(&request)
 
 	sourceDir := os.Args[1]
diff --git a/out_command.go b/out_command.go
index 75eee5a..5d877d6 100644
--- a/out_command.go
+++ b/out_command.go
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ func (c *OutCommand) Run(sourceDir string, request OutRequest) (OutResponse, err
 	}
 
 	draft := request.Source.Drafts
-	prerelease := request.Source.PreRelease
+	prerelease := false
+	if request.Source.PreRelease == true && request.Source.Release == false {
+		prerelease = request.Source.PreRelease
+	}
 
 	release := &github.RepositoryRelease{
 		Name:            github.String(name),
diff --git a/resources.go b/resources.go
index a9f53ab..2e56d98 100644
--- a/resources.go
+++ b/resources.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ type Source struct {
 	AccessToken      string `json:"access_token"`
 	Drafts           bool   `json:"drafts"`
 	PreRelease       bool   `json:"pre_release"`
+	Release          bool   `json:"release"`
 }
 
 type CheckRequest struct {
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@ type CheckRequest struct {
 	Version Version `json:"version"`
 }
 
+func NewCheckRequest() CheckRequest {
+	res := CheckRequest{}
+	res.Source.Release = true
+	return res
+}
+
 type InRequest struct {
 	Source  Source   `json:"source"`
 	Version *Version `json:"version"`