diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08463a7ca..8cdb87b5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ ae_mdw-*.tar
 .DS_Store
 .elixir_ls/
 log/
-AEMDW_REVISION
 REVISION
 VERSION
 *~
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b38a54a43..b47afbe06 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ COPY ./docker/aeternity.yaml /home/aeternity/aeternity.yaml
 # Set build git revision
 RUN mkdir /home/aeternity/node/ae_mdw
 COPY .git .git
-RUN BUILD_REV="$(git log -1 --format=%h)" && echo $BUILD_REV > /home/aeternity/node/ae_mdw/AEMDW_REVISION
 
 WORKDIR /home/aeternity/node
 
diff --git a/config/prod.exs b/config/prod.exs
index 71e372e0d..fa488214e 100644
--- a/config/prod.exs
+++ b/config/prod.exs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import Config
 
-config :ae_mdw, build_revision: String.trim(File.read!("AEMDW_REVISION"))
+# Stat
+{revision, 0} = System.cmd("git", ["log", "-1", "--format=%h"])
+config :ae_mdw, build_revision: String.trim(revision)
 
 # Logging
 config :logger,
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 63048b5a3..d983ea62d 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 defmodule AeMdw.MixProject do
   use Mix.Project
 
+  @version "1.48.1"
+
   def project() do
     [
       app: :ae_mdw,
-      version: "1.48.1",
+      version: @version,
       elixir: "~> 1.10",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       elixirc_options: [
@@ -109,6 +111,20 @@ defmodule AeMdw.MixProject do
         coveralls: :test,
         "test.integration": :test,
         "test.iteration": :test
+      ],
+      releases: [
+        ae_mdw: fn ->
+          if is_nil(System.get_env("INCLUDE_LOCAL_NODE")) do
+            []
+          else
+            [
+              steps: [&build_node/1, &copy_node/1, :assemble, :tar, &remove_node/1],
+              overlays: ["node-tmp"],
+              version: "v" <> @version <> "-" <> to_string(:erlang.system_info(:system_architecture))
+            ]
+          end
+
+        end
       ]
     ]
   end
@@ -184,4 +200,47 @@ defmodule AeMdw.MixProject do
       ]
     ]
   end
+
+  defp build_node(release) do
+    node_path = node_build_root()
+    IO.inspect(node_path, label: "Building node in directory")
+    {_, 0} = System.cmd("make", ["prod-package"], cd: node_path)
+    release
+  end
+
+  defp copy_node(release) do
+    tar_file = node_tar_file()
+    File.rm_rf("node-tmp")
+    File.mkdir_p("node-tmp/local/rel/aeternity/data/mnesia")
+    IO.inspect(tar_file, label: "Using aeternity release")
+    :erl_tar.extract(tar_file, [:compressed, {:cwd, "node-tmp/local/rel/aeternity"}])
+    release
+  end
+
+  defp remove_node(release) do
+    File.rm_rf("node-tmp")
+    release
+  end
+
+  defp node_build_root() do
+    System.get_env("NODE_BUILD_ROOT", "../aeternity/")
+  end
+
+  defp node_tar_file() do
+    reldir = Path.join(node_build_root(), "_build/prod/rel/aeternity")
+    files = File.ls!(reldir)
+    tar_file = latest_tar_file(files, reldir)
+    Path.join(reldir, tar_file)
+  end
+
+  defp latest_tar_file(files, reldir) do
+    files
+    |> Enum.filter(fn file -> String.ends_with?(file, ".tar.gz") end)
+    |> Enum.filter(fn file -> String.starts_with?(file, "aeternity") end)
+    |> Enum.map(fn file -> {file, File.lstat!(Path.join(reldir, file))} end)
+    |> Enum.sort(fn {_, f1}, {_, f2} -> f1.ctime > f2.ctime end)
+    |> Enum.map(fn {file, _} -> file end)
+    |> List.first()
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 36bef6fcc..5c9425bd7 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %{
-  "ae_plugin": {:git, "https://github.com/aeternity/ae_plugin.git", "f5438d957d871f6a32b10a2be8f6e7c4d3550534", []},
+  "ae_plugin": {:git, "https://github.com/aeternity/ae_plugin.git", "49c6541dbd6c82f0ce00718c288077823661986f", []},
   "benchee": {:hex, :benchee, "1.0.1", "66b211f9bfd84bd97e6d1beaddf8fc2312aaabe192f776e8931cb0c16f53a521", [:mix], [{:deep_merge, "~> 1.0", [hex: :deep_merge, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "3ad58ae787e9c7c94dd7ceda3b587ec2c64604563e049b2a0e8baafae832addb"},
   "blankable": {:hex, :blankable, "1.0.0", "89ab564a63c55af117e115144e3b3b57eb53ad43ba0f15553357eb283e0ed425", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "7cf11aac0e44f4eedbee0c15c1d37d94c090cb72a8d9fddf9f7aec30f9278899"},
   "bunt": {:hex, :bunt, "0.2.1", "e2d4792f7bc0ced7583ab54922808919518d0e57ee162901a16a1b6664ef3b14", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "a330bfb4245239787b15005e66ae6845c9cd524a288f0d141c148b02603777a5"},