diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 88cee594..2e321aa6 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@ aliases:
     command: |
       RELEASE_TIMESTAMP="$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')"
       VPKG=$($(npm bin)/json -f package.json version)
-      export RELEASE_VERSION=${VPKG}-prerelease.${RELEASE_TIMESTAMP}
-      echo $RELEASE_VERSION
+      echo export RELEASE_VERSION=${VPKG}-prerelease.${RELEASE_TIMESTAMP} >> $BASH_ENV
       echo export NPM_TAG=latest >> $BASH_ENV
       if [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" == hotfix/* ]]; then # double brackets are important for matching the wildcard
         echo export NPM_TAG=hotfix >> $BASH_ENV
       fi
-      npm version --no-git-tag-version $RELEASE_VERSION
   - &deploy-gh-pages
     name: "deploy to gh pages"
     command: |
@@ -45,9 +43,17 @@ aliases:
   - &deploy-npm
     name: "deploy to npm"
     command: |
-      echo $NPM_TAG
+      echo "npm tag: $NPM_TAG"
+      echo "release version: $RELEASE_VERSION"
+      npm version --no-git-tag-version $RELEASE_VERSION
       npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN
       npm publish --tag $NPM_TAG
+  - &tag-commit
+    name: "tag commit in github"
+    command: |
+      echo $RELEASE_VERSION
+      git tag $RELEASE_VERSION
+      git push $CIRCLE_REPOSITORY_URL $RELEASE_VERSION
 
 jobs:
   build-test:
@@ -84,6 +90,8 @@ jobs:
           <<: *deploy-gh-pages
       - run:
           <<: *deploy-npm
+      - run:
+          <<: *tag-commit
 
 workflows:
   build-test-no-deploy: