diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cf380d1..09bb3c7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ script:
 after_success:
   - ls -lh
   # make sure only pushes to rewrite create a new release, otherwise pretend PR and upload to transfer.sh
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" != "master" ]; then export TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE=pull_request; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_TAG" != "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]; then export TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE=pull_request; fi
   - wget -c https://github.com/probonopd/uploadtool/raw/master/upload.sh
   - bash upload.sh linuxdeploy-"$ARCH".AppImage*