diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9c9c2f6f..01eb3c79 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.1.29 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lewton 0.9.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "librespot-core 0.1.3",
- "librespot-tremor 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "librespot-tremor 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-bigint 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-traits 0.2.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "librespot-tremor"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "cc 1.0.58 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2627,7 +2627,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum libm 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c7d73b3f436185384286bd8098d17ec07c9a7d2388a6599f824d8502b529702a"
 "checksum libmdns 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "966e0f9cc15be41e9dbfcd74fd9c04cf69d3c0ec43fc56aa28f5e4da4e545c38"
 "checksum libpulse-sys 0.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9bb11b06faf883500c1b625cf4453e6c7737e9df9c7ba01df3f84b22b083e4ac"
-"checksum librespot-tremor 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b155a7dc4e4d272e01c37a1b85c1ee1bee7f04980ad4a7784c1a6e0f2de5929b"
+"checksum librespot-tremor 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "97f525bff915d478a76940a7b988e5ea34911ba7280c97bd3a7673f54d68b4fe"
 "checksum linear-map 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bfae20f6b19ad527b550c223fddc3077a547fc70cda94b9b566575423fd303ee"
 "checksum lock_api 0.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c4da24a77a3d8a6d4862d95f72e6fdb9c09a643ecdb402d754004a557f2bec75"
 "checksum log 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e19e8d5c34a3e0e2223db8e060f9e8264aeeb5c5fc64a4ee9965c062211c024b"
diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
index c9fe9db8..3f4964fe 100755
--- a/publish.sh
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+SKIP_MERGE='false'
+DRY_RUN='false'
+
 WORKINGDIR="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
 cd $WORKINGDIR
 
 crates=( "protocol" "core" "audio" "metadata" "playback" "connect" "librespot" )
 
 function switchBranch {
-  # You are expected to have committed/stashed your changes before running this.
-  echo "Switching to master branch and merging development."
-  git checkout master
-  git pull
-  git merge dev
+  if [ "$SKIP_MERGE" = 'false' ] ; then
+    # You are expected to have committed/stashed your changes before running this.
+    echo "Switching to master branch and merging development."
+    git checkout master
+    git pull
+    if [ "$DRY_RUN" = 'true' ] ; then
+      git merge --no-commit --no-ff dev
+    else
+      git merge dev
+    fi
+  fi
 }
 
 function updateVersion {
@@ -26,15 +35,25 @@ function updateVersion {
     echo "Path is $crate_path"
     if [ "$CRATE" = "librespot" ]
     then
-      cargo update
-      git add . && git commit -a -m "Update Cargo.lock"
+      if [ "$DRY_RUN" = 'true' ] ; then
+        cargo update --dry-run
+        git add . && git commit --dry-run -a -m "Update Cargo.lock"
+      else
+        cargo update
+        git add . && git commit -a -m "Update Cargo.lock"
+      fi
     fi
   done
 }
 
 function commitAndTag {
-  git commit -a -m "Update version numbers to $1"
-  git tag "v$1" -a -m "Update to version $1"
+  if [ "$DRY_RUN" = 'true' ] ; then
+    # Skip tagging on dry run.
+    git commit --dry-run -a -m "Update version numbers to $1"
+  else
+    git commit -a -m "Update version numbers to $1"
+    git tag "v$1" -a -m "Update to version $1"
+  fi
 }
 
 function get_crate_name {
@@ -73,8 +92,17 @@ function publishCrates {
     then
       # Protocol crate needs --no-verify option due to build.rs modification.
       cargo publish --no-verify
+      if [ "$DRY_RUN" = 'true' ] ; then
+        cargo publish --no-verify --dry-run
+      else
+        cargo publish --no-verify
+      fi
     else
-      cargo publish
+      if [ "$DRY_RUN" = 'true' ] ; then
+        cargo publish --dry-run
+      else
+        cargo publish
+      fi
     fi
     echo "Successfully published $crate_name to crates.io"
     remoteWait 30 $crate_name
@@ -83,10 +111,32 @@ function publishCrates {
 
 function updateRepo {
   cd $WORKINGDIR
-  echo "Pushing to master branch of repo."
-  git push origin master
-  echo "Pushing v$1 tag to master branch of repo."
-  git push origin v$1
+  if [ "$DRY_RUN" = 'true' ] ; then
+    echo "Pushing to master branch of repo. [DRY RUN]"
+    git push --dry-run origin master
+    echo "Pushing v$1 tag to master branch of repo. [DRY RUN]"
+    git push --dry-run origin v$1
+
+    # Cancels any merges in progress
+    git merge --abort
+
+    git checkout dev
+    git merge --no-commit --no-ff master
+
+    # Cancels above merge
+    git merge --abort
+
+    git push --dry-run
+  else
+    echo "Pushing to master branch of repo."
+    git push origin master
+    echo "Pushing v$1 tag to master branch of repo."
+    git push origin v$1
+    # Update the dev repo with latest version commit
+    git checkout dev
+    git merge master
+    git push
+  fi
 }
 
 function run {
@@ -98,5 +148,47 @@ function run {
   echo "Successfully published v$1 to crates.io and uploaded changes to repo."
 }
 
+#Set Script Name variable
+SCRIPT=`basename ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}`
+
+print_usage () {
+  local l_MSG=$1
+  if [ ! -z "${l_MSG}" ]; then
+    echo "Usage Error: $l_MSG"
+  fi
+  echo "Usage: $SCRIPT <args> <version>"
+  echo "  where <version> specifies the version number in semver format, eg. 1.0.1"
+  echo "Recognized optional command line arguments"
+  echo "--dry-run -- Test the script before making live changes"
+  echo "--skip-merge -- Skip merging dev into master before publishing"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+### check number of command line arguments
+NUMARGS=$#
+if [ $NUMARGS -eq 0 ]; then
+  print_usage 'No command line arguments specified'
+fi
+
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -h|--help)
+      print_usage
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+      --dry-run)
+        DRY_RUN='true'
+        shift
+        ;;
+    --skip-merge)
+      SKIP_MERGE='true'
+      shift
+      ;;
+    *)
+      break
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
 # First argument is new version number.
 run $1