diff --git a/skel/scripts/release.sh b/skel/scripts/release.sh
index 348abe2..653c994 100755
--- a/skel/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/skel/scripts/release.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ print_success "Done"
 
 # Check out a new copy of the library from git
 echo "Checking out tag ${VER}..."
-do_cmd git-checkout "${VER}" || exit 1
+do_cmd git-checkout -b releaseprivate "${VER}" || exit 1
 print_success "Done"
 
 
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ do_cmd rm -rf .git || exit 1
 cd ..
 tar c "${PKGNAME}" | bzip2 > "${PKGNAME}.tar.bz2"
 tar c "${PKGNAME}-doc" | bzip2 > "${PKGNAME}-doc.tar.bz2"
-md5sum "${PKGNAME}.tar.bz2" > "${PKGNAME}.md5"
-md5sum "${PKGNAME}-doc.tar.bz2" > "${PKGNAME}-doc.md5"
+sha1sum "${PKGNAME}.tar.bz2" > "${PKGNAME}.sha1"
+sha1sum "${PKGNAME}-doc.tar.bz2" > "${PKGNAME}-doc.sha1"
 gpg -a -b "${PKGNAME}.tar.bz2"
 gpg -a -b "${PKGNAME}-doc.tar.bz2"