diff --git a/contrib/make_download b/contrib/make_download
index 90bfbb948..737d0b139 100755
--- a/contrib/make_download
+++ b/contrib/make_download
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ for k, n in files.items():
         os.unlink(path)
         string = re.sub("<div id=\"%s\">(.*?)</div>"%k, '', string, flags=re.DOTALL + re.MULTILINE)
         continue
-    sigpath = path + '.asc'
-    siglink = link + '.asc'
+    sigpath = path + '.ThomasV.asc'
+    siglink = link + '.ThomasV.asc'
     if not os.path.exists(sigpath):
         os.system("wget -q %s -O %s" % (siglink, sigpath))
     if not os.path.getsize(sigpath):
diff --git a/contrib/release.sh b/contrib/release.sh
index 312502ccc..0f9bf800d 100755
--- a/contrib/release.sh
+++ b/contrib/release.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 ELECTRUM_DIR=/opt/electrum
 WWW_DIR=/opt/electrum-web
 
-# Note:
-# uploadserver and website are set in /etc/hosts
 
 cd $ELECTRUM_DIR
 # rm -rf dist/*
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ if test -f dist/electrum-$VERSION.dmg; then
 	echo "packages are already signed"
     else
 	echo "signing packages"
-	./contrib/sign_packages
+	./contrib/sign_packages ThomasV
     fi
 else
     echo "dmg is missing, aborting"
@@ -175,7 +173,7 @@ fi
 if test -f dist/uploaded; then
     echo "files already uploaded"
 else
-    ./contrib/upload uploadserver
+    ./contrib/upload
     touch dist/uploaded
 fi
 
diff --git a/contrib/sign_packages b/contrib/sign_packages
index 0f28a770d..2acf76468 100755
--- a/contrib/sign_packages
+++ b/contrib/sign_packages
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import os
-import getpass
+import os, sys
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-
+    username = sys.argv[1]
     os.chdir("dist")
-    password = getpass.getpass("Password:")
-    for f in os.listdir('.'):
-        if f.endswith('asc'):
+    for name in os.listdir('.'):
+        if name.endswith('asc'):
             continue
-        os.system("gpg --sign --armor --detach --passphrase \"%s\" %s"%(password, f))
-
+        sig_name = name + '.' + username + '.asc'
+        os.system("gpg --sign --armor --detach --output %s %s"%(sig_name, name))
     os.chdir("..")
diff --git a/contrib/upload b/contrib/upload
index e62cefa3c..3e7ba6d91 100755
--- a/contrib/upload
+++ b/contrib/upload
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# uploadserver is set in /etc/hosts
 
 set -e
 
-host=$1
 version=`git describe --tags`
 echo $version
 
 here=$(dirname "$0")
 cd $here/../dist
 
-sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - thomasv@$host << !
-   cd electrum-downloads
+sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - thomasv@uploadserver << !
+   cd electrum-downloads-airlock
    mkdir $version
    cd $version
    mput *