diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 74b3680c2..4a60bc4c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,9 @@ gradle-app.setting
 app/release/*
 app/beta/*
 app/alpha/*
+app/nightly/*
+
+
+#Exclude signing configurations & keystore
+signing.properties
+*.keystore
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index b7eb68fc2..26b560967 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -38,11 +38,16 @@ android {
         multiDexEnabled true
     }
 
+    signingConfigs {
+        release
+    }
+
     buildTypes {
         release {
             minifyEnabled true
             shrinkResources true
             zipAlignEnabled true
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
 
@@ -51,6 +56,11 @@ android {
             applicationIdSuffix = ".beta"
         }
 
+        nightly {
+            initWith release
+            applicationIdSuffix = ".nightly"
+        }
+
         debug {
             applicationIdSuffix = ".debug"
         }
@@ -163,4 +173,24 @@ dependencies {
 
     //Love <3
     api("com.gitlab.AuroraOSS:gplayapi:514f061739")
+}
+
+Properties props = new Properties()
+def propFile = new File("signing.properties")
+if (propFile.canRead()) {
+    props.load(new FileInputStream(propFile))
+
+    if (props != null && props.containsKey("STORE_FILE") && props.containsKey("STORE_PASSWORD") &&
+            props.containsKey("KEY_ALIAS") && props.containsKey("KEY_PASSWORD")) {
+        android.signingConfigs.release.storeFile = file(props["STORE_FILE"])
+        android.signingConfigs.release.storePassword = props["STORE_PASSWORD"]
+        android.signingConfigs.release.keyAlias = props["KEY_ALIAS"]
+        android.signingConfigs.release.keyPassword = props["KEY_PASSWORD"]
+    } else {
+        println "signing.properties found but some entries are missing"
+        android.buildTypes.release.signingConfig = null
+    }
+} else {
+    println "signing.properties not found"
+    android.buildTypes.release.signingConfig = null
 }
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