diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 1ae11b290b..6ff5849c09 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ android {
     }
     signingConfigs {
         release {
-            storeFile file(STATUS_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
+            storeFile file(STATUS_RELEASE_STORE_FILE.replaceAll("~", System.properties['user.home']))
             storePassword STATUS_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
             keyAlias STATUS_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
             keyPassword STATUS_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 14ec015468..9ebb303318 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 android.useDeprecatedNdk=true
 # To create a new keystore for development purposes (https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing.html)
-# $keytool -genkey -v -keystore ~/status-release-keystore.jks -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias alias
-STATUS_RELEASE_STORE_FILE=/path/to/status-release-keystore.jks
+# $keytool -genkey -v -keystore ./status-keystore.jks -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias status
+STATUS_RELEASE_STORE_FILE=~/.gradle/status-im.keystore
 STATUS_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=password
-STATUS_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=alias
+STATUS_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=status
 STATUS_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=password
diff --git a/scripts/build-android b/scripts/build-android
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ad894fe905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-android
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -eof pipefail
+
+BRANCH=$1
+if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
+    echo 'Branch required as first argument'
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+