diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 958b3cfd05..3ec2ada987 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,30 @@ release_branch="${1:-production}"
 if [[ "$release_branch" == "production" && "$current_branch" != "staging" ]]; then
   echo "Releasing production can only be done while on staging branch"
   exit 1;
+else
+  echo "Deleting local and remote $release_branch branch"
+  git branch -d "$release_branch"
+  git push origin --delete "$release_branch"
 fi
 
-git pull &&
-pnpm nx affected --target=release-local --parallel=false &&
-git checkout "$release_branch" &&
-git merge --ff-only "$current_branch" &&
-git push -u origin "$release_branch"
+echo "Updating branch"
+git pull;
+
+echo "Running release-local on affected projects"
+pnpm nx affected --target=release-local --parallel=false;
+
+echo "Checking out to $release_branch"
+if [[ "$release_branch" == "alpha" || "$release_branch" == "beta" ]]; then
+  git checkout -b "$release_branch";
+else
+  git checkout "$release_branch";
+
+  echo "Updating branch"
+  git pull;
+
+  echo "Merging changes"
+  git merge --ff-only "$current_branch";
+fi
+
+echo "Pushing changes to $release_branch"
+git push -u origin "$release_branch";