diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index eb0d042b..fa4c7745 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ rustflags = [
 [target.aarch64-unknown-linux-musl]
 linker = "aarch64-linux-musl-gcc"
 rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=-crt-static"]
+
+[alias]
+xtask = "run --manifest-path ./xtask/Cargo.toml --"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2917545f..1fc9075e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1645,3 +1645,7 @@ name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.42.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f40009d85759725a34da6d89a94e63d7bdc50a862acf0dbc7c8e488f1edcb6f5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "xtask"
+version = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5c45553a..47f2f88b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
-"crates/*"
+  "crates/*",
+  "xtask"
 ]
diff --git a/scripts/version.js b/scripts/version.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9232fde1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+publish = false
+edition = "2021"
+name = "xtask"
+version = "0.0.0"
+authors = ["Herrington Darkholme"]
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37ace271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+  println!("hello")
+}