diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d459a5f..617423b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 .idea/
-
+.DS_Store
 
 # Logger
 /pilot/logger/debug.log
diff --git a/scripts/package_repo.py b/scripts/package_repo.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf912f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package_repo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import os
+import shutil
+import zipfile
+
+def main():
+    # Define the base directory (one level up from /scripts)
+    base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+    # Define paths based on base directory
+    env_path = os.path.join(base_dir, "pilot", ".env")
+    tmp_env_path = os.path.join("/tmp", ".env")
+    repo_path = os.path.abspath(base_dir)
+
+    # Check if .env exists
+    if os.path.exists(env_path):
+        # Step 1: Move .env to /tmp/x
+        shutil.move(env_path, tmp_env_path)
+
+    # Step 2: Package the repository using Python's zipfile module
+    parent_directory = os.path.dirname(base_dir)
+    archive_path = os.path.join(parent_directory, "gpt-pilot-packaged.zip")
+
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(archive_path, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as archive:
+        for root, _, files in os.walk(repo_path):
+            for file in files:
+                file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
+                archive_path = os.path.relpath(file_path, repo_path)
+                archive.write(file_path, archive_path)
+
+    # Step 3: Move the .env file back, if it existed initially
+    if os.path.exists(tmp_env_path):
+        shutil.move(tmp_env_path, env_path)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()