diff --git a/installer/rpm/algorand/algorand.spec b/installer/rpm/algorand/algorand.spec
index c7cd519bb1..ef58c0db1a 100644
--- a/installer/rpm/algorand/algorand.spec
+++ b/installer/rpm/algorand/algorand.spec
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ install -m 644 ${REPO_DIR}/installer/rpm/algorand/algorand.repo %{buildroot}/usr
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/var/lib/algorand/genesis
 if [ "%{RELEASE_GENESIS_PROCESS}" != "x" ]; then
-  genesis_dirs=("devnet" "testnet" "mainnet" "betanet")
+  genesis_dirs=("devnet" "testnet" "mainnet" "betanet" "alphanet")
   for dir in "${genesis_dirs[@]}"; do
     mkdir -p %{buildroot}/var/lib/algorand/genesis/${dir}
     cp ${REPO_DIR}/installer/genesis/${dir}/genesis.json %{buildroot}/var/lib/algorand/genesis/${dir}/genesis.json
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ fi
   /var/lib/algorand/genesis/testnet/genesis.json
   /var/lib/algorand/genesis/betanet/genesis.json
   /var/lib/algorand/genesis/mainnet/genesis.json
+  /var/lib/algorand/genesis/alphanet/genesis.json
 %endif
 /lib/systemd/system/algorand.service
 /lib/systemd/system/algorand@.service
diff --git a/scripts/build_deb.sh b/scripts/build_deb.sh
index 0cd7c154ae..3c5b1e2198 100755
--- a/scripts/build_deb.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_deb.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ for data in "${data_files[@]}"; do
 done
 
 if [ ! -z "${RELEASE_GENESIS_PROCESS}" ]; then
-    genesis_dirs=("devnet" "testnet" "mainnet" "betanet")
+    genesis_dirs=("devnet" "testnet" "mainnet" "betanet" "alphanet")
     for dir in "${genesis_dirs[@]}"; do
         mkdir -p "${PKG_ROOT}/var/lib/algorand/genesis/${dir}"
         cp "${REPO_DIR}/installer/genesis/${dir}/genesis.json" "${PKG_ROOT}/var/lib/algorand/genesis/${dir}/genesis.json"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if [ ! -z "${RELEASE_GENESIS_PROCESS}" ]; then
     done
     # Copy the appropriate network genesis.json for our default (in root ./genesis folder)
     cp "${PKG_ROOT}/var/lib/algorand/genesis/${DEFAULT_RELEASE_NETWORK}/genesis.json" "${PKG_ROOT}/var/lib/algorand"
-elif [[ "${CHANNEL}" == "dev" || "${CHANNEL}" == "stable" || "${CHANNEL}" == "nightly" || "${CHANNEL}" == "beta" ]]; then
+elif [[ "${CHANNEL}" == "dev" || "${CHANNEL}" == "stable" || "${CHANNEL}" == "nightly" || "${CHANNEL}" == "beta"|| "${CHANNEL}" == "alpha" ]]; then
     cp "${REPO_DIR}/installer/genesis/${DEFAULTNETWORK}/genesis.json" "${PKG_ROOT}/var/lib/algorand/genesis.json"
     #${GOPATH}/bin/buildtools genesis ensure -n ${DEFAULTNETWORK} --source ${REPO_DIR}/gen/${DEFAULTNETWORK}/genesis.json --target ${PKG_ROOT}/var/lib/algorand/genesis.json --releasedir ${REPO_DIR}/installer/genesis
 else
diff --git a/scripts/build_package.sh b/scripts/build_package.sh
index ccbf0d27e0..d8f169201d 100755
--- a/scripts/build_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_package.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ done
 
 mkdir ${PKG_ROOT}/genesis
 
-genesis_dirs=("devnet" "testnet" "mainnet" "betanet")
+genesis_dirs=("devnet" "testnet" "mainnet" "betanet" "alphanet")
 for dir in "${genesis_dirs[@]}"; do
     mkdir -p ${PKG_ROOT}/genesis/${dir}
     if [ -f "${REPO_DIR}/gen/${dir}/genesis.json" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/compute_branch_channel.sh b/scripts/compute_branch_channel.sh
index 90cde3b553..6e8f77eac0 100755
--- a/scripts/compute_branch_channel.sh
+++ b/scripts/compute_branch_channel.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ elif [ "$1" = "rel/stable" ]; then
     echo "stable"
 elif [ "$1" = "rel/beta" ]; then
     echo "beta"
+elif [ "$1" = "feature/alphanet" ]; then
+    echo "alpha"
 else
     echo "dev"
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/compute_branch_network.sh b/scripts/compute_branch_network.sh
index 9967463b16..a6a0d8f240 100755
--- a/scripts/compute_branch_network.sh
+++ b/scripts/compute_branch_network.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ if [ "${BRANCH}" = "rel/stable" ]; then
 elif [ "${BRANCH}" = "rel/beta" ]; then
     echo "betanet"
     exit 0
+elif [ "${BRANCH}" = "feature/alphanet" ]; then
+    echo "alphanet"
+    exit 0
 fi
 
 #get parent of current branch
@@ -26,6 +29,8 @@ if [ "${BRANCHPARENT}" = "rel/stable" ]; then
     echo "testnet"
 elif [ "${BRANCHPARENT}" = "rel/beta" ]; then
     echo "betanet"
+elif [ "${BRANCHPARENT}" = "feature/alphanet" ]; then
+    echo "alphanet"
 else
     echo "devnet"
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/release/build/deb/build_deb.sh b/scripts/release/build/deb/build_deb.sh
index aeaa4eb307..275c37cd2d 100755
--- a/scripts/release/build/deb/build_deb.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/build/deb/build_deb.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if [[ ! "$PKG_NAME" =~ devtools ]]; then
         cp "./installer/$data" "$PKG_ROOT/var/lib/algorand"
     done
 
-    genesis_dirs=("devnet" "testnet" "mainnet" "betanet")
+    genesis_dirs=("devnet" "testnet" "mainnet" "betanet" "alphanet")
     for dir in "${genesis_dirs[@]}"; do
         mkdir -p "$PKG_ROOT/var/lib/algorand/genesis/$dir"
         cp "./installer/genesis/$dir/genesis.json" "$PKG_ROOT/var/lib/algorand/genesis/$dir/genesis.json"
diff --git a/scripts/release/mule/common/get_channel.sh b/scripts/release/mule/common/get_channel.sh
index b59937a1a4..d5b82d6409 100755
--- a/scripts/release/mule/common/get_channel.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/mule/common/get_channel.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 NETWORK="$1"
 
-if [ "$NETWORK" = betanet ]
+if [ "$NETWORK" = alphanet ]
+then
+    echo alpha
+elif [ "$NETWORK" = betanet ]
 then
     echo beta
 elif [ "$NETWORK" = mainnet ] || [ "$NETWORK" = testnet ]
diff --git a/scripts/release/mule/deploy/docker/docker.sh b/scripts/release/mule/deploy/docker/docker.sh
index c4125f041c..ee0c55fe0c 100755
--- a/scripts/release/mule/deploy/docker/docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/mule/deploy/docker/docker.sh
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ if [ -z "$NETWORK" ] || [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ ! "$NETWORK" =~ ^mainnet$|^testnet$|^betanet$ ]]
+if [[ ! "$NETWORK" =~ ^mainnet$|^testnet$|^betanet$|^alphanet$ ]]
 then
-    echo "[$0] Network values must be either \`mainnet\`, \`testnet\` or \`betanet\`."
+    echo "[$0] Network values must be either \`mainnet\`, \`testnet\`, \`betanet\`, or \`alphanet\`."
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ then
 
   # Build and push testnet.
   ./build_releases.sh --tagname "$VERSION" --network testnet --cached
-elif [ "$NETWORK" = betanet ]
+elif [ "$NETWORK" = betanet ] || [ "$NETWORK" = alphanet ]
 then
-  ./build_releases.sh --tagname "$VERSION" --network betanet
+  ./build_releases.sh --tagname "$VERSION" --network "$NETWORK"
 fi
 
 popd
diff --git a/scripts/release/mule/package/deb/package.sh b/scripts/release/mule/package/deb/package.sh
index 6cd9f653ea..8a8612a3af 100755
--- a/scripts/release/mule/package/deb/package.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/mule/package/deb/package.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ find tmp/node_pkgs -name "*${CHANNEL}*linux*${VERSION}*.tar.gz" | cut -d '/' -f3
             cp "installer/$data" "$PKG_ROOT/var/lib/algorand"
         done
 
-        genesis_dirs=("devnet" "testnet" "mainnet" "betanet")
+        genesis_dirs=("devnet" "testnet" "mainnet" "betanet" "alphanet")
         for dir in "${genesis_dirs[@]}"; do
             mkdir -p "$PKG_ROOT/var/lib/algorand/genesis/$dir"
             cp "./installer/genesis/$dir/genesis.json" "$PKG_ROOT/var/lib/algorand/genesis/$dir/genesis.json"
diff --git a/scripts/release/mule/test/test.sh b/scripts/release/mule/test/test.sh
index aed2a51107..27efe724ab 100755
--- a/scripts/release/mule/test/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/mule/test/test.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ export OS_TYPE
 
 export SHA
 
-ALGORAND_PACKAGE_NAME=$([ "$CHANNEL" = beta ] && echo algorand-beta || echo algorand)
-DEVTOOLS_PACKAGE_NAME=$([ "$CHANNEL" = beta ] && echo algorand-devtools-beta || echo algorand-devtools)
+ALGORAND_PACKAGE_NAME=$(( [ "$CHANNEL" = beta ] && echo algorand-beta ) || ( [ "$CHANNEL" = alpha ] && echo algorand-alpha ) || ( echo algorand ))
+DEVTOOLS_PACKAGE_NAME=$(( [ "$CHANNEL" = beta ] && echo algorand-devtools-beta ) || ( [ "$CHANNEL" = alpha ] && echo algorand-devtools-alpha ) || ( echo algorand-devtools ))
 export ALGORAND_PACKAGE_NAME
 export DEVTOOLS_PACKAGE_NAME
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ then
     #   so although it appears as though I just lied to you, I did not :)
     #
     # rpm
-    if [ "$CHANNEL" = "beta" ]
+    if [ "$CHANNEL" = "beta" ] || [ "$CHANNEL" = "alpha" ]
     then
         PACKAGE_NAME_SUFFIX="$CHANNEL-$VERSION-1.$ARCH_BIT"
     else