diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index f64dfa4..2b1ee30 100755
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 const template = require('./helpers/buildTemplate.js');
 const arguments = require('./helpers/arguments.js');
 const ArgsManager = require("./helpers/ArgsManager");
+const build = require('./helpers/build');
 
 const args = new ArgsManager();
 
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ if(args.hasFlag(arguments.MODULE)) {
     template.copyFileTo('gitignore', '.gitignore');
 
     console.log(`${elementName} module was successfully created!`);
+} else if(args.hasFlag(arguments.BUILD)){
+    build.buildFile(elementName);
+    console.log(`${elementName} has been built.`);
 } else {
     template.createElementTemplate(elementName);
     console.log(`${elementName} was successfully created!`);
diff --git a/helpers/arguments.js b/helpers/arguments.js
index 9f6cc64..10f8606 100644
--- a/helpers/arguments.js
+++ b/helpers/arguments.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 module.exports.MODULE = 'module';
+module.exports.BUILD = 'build';
 
 /**
  * Check to make sure we have an element name
diff --git a/helpers/build.js b/helpers/build.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..064e800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/build.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+const uglify = require('uglify-es');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const scopeStart = '(function(){';
+const scopeEnd = `})();`;
+
+module.exports.buildFile = (fileName) => {
+
+    let codeString = fs.readFileSync(`./${fileName}.js`, 'utf-8');
+    codeString = `${scopeStart} ${codeString} ${scopeEnd}`;
+
+    const result = uglify.minify(codeString);
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(`./${fileName}.min.js`, result.code);
+
+};
+
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3a9da4a..603ad89 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 {
   "name": "create-element-cli",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
-  "lockfileVersion": 1
+  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "lockfileVersion": 1,
+  "requires": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "commander": {
+      "version": "2.11.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-2.11.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-b0553uYA5YAEGgyYIGYROzKQ7X5RAqedkfjiZxwi0kL1g3bOaBNNZfYkzt/CL0umgD5wc9Jec2FbB98CjkMRvQ=="
+    },
+    "source-map": {
+      "version": "0.5.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.5.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-igOdLRAh0i0eoUyA2OpGi6LvP8w="
+    },
+    "uglify-es": {
+      "version": "3.0.28",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-es/-/uglify-es-3.0.28.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xw1hJsSp361OO0Sq0XvNyTI2wfQ4eKNljfSYyeYX/dz9lKEDj+DK+A8CzB0NmoCwWX1MnEx9f16HlkKXyG65CQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "commander": "2.11.0",
+        "source-map": "0.5.7"
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 275029c..d66e1db 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,5 +26,8 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/OwlTechnology/create-element-cli#readme",
   "bin": {
     "create-element": "cli.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "uglify-es": "^3.0.28"
   }
 }
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index d72602c..8834821 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -39,3 +39,14 @@ This will create:
 - .gitignore
 
 in your current working directory.
+
+
+## Build & Scope an element
+
+To uglify and scope a custom element so that it's usuable for the browser, run the following:
+
+```CLI
+create-element --buid [element-name]
+```
+
+This command will look for `[element-name].js` in the current directory and produce the a `[element-name].min.js` file in the same directory. 
diff --git a/templates/readme.md b/templates/readme.md
index eca9c60..3f8caf4 100644
--- a/templates/readme.md
+++ b/templates/readme.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ npm i /* {tagName} */
 ---
 
 ```Html
-<script src="node_modules//* {tagName} *///* {tagName} */.js"></script>
+<script src="node_modules//* {tagName} *///* {tagName} */.min.js"></script>
 ```
 or if you're bundling
 ```Javascript