diff --git a/.changelog/80f748502d3e4258bcbf4a05d5f5bdb0.md b/.changelog/80f748502d3e4258bcbf4a05d5f5bdb0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf6c6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/80f748502d3e4258bcbf4a05d5f5bdb0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+type: none
+---
+Create dist directory in scripte/release if it doesn't exist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/changelog b/script/changelog
index 046c3ea..a2a63bb 100755
--- a/script/changelog
+++ b/script/changelog
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ See https://semver.org/ for more info''',
     parser.add_argument(
         '-a',
         '--add',
+        action='store_true',
         default=False,
         help='git add the newly created changelog entry',
     )
diff --git a/script/release b/script/release
index da5d216..1fab0eb 100755
--- a/script/release
+++ b/script/release
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ echo "Created clean room $TMP_DIR and archived $VERSION into it"
 
 (cd "$TMP_DIR" && python -m build --sdist --wheel)
 
+if [ ! -d dist ]; then
+  mkdir dist/
+fi
+
 cp $TMP_DIR/dist/*$VERSION.tar.gz $TMP_DIR/dist/*$VERSION*.whl dist/
 echo "Copied $TMP_DIR/dists into ./dist"