diff --git a/utils/assemble.sh b/utils/assemble.sh
index 834a0c1..6234fc3 100755
--- a/utils/assemble.sh
+++ b/utils/assemble.sh
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ chmod +x $destination_file
 # run script with remaining arguments
 if [[ $runScript -eq 1 ]]; then
     $destination_file "$@"
+    exit_code=$?
+    echo "exit_code is $exit_code"
 fi
 
 # copy the script to root of repo when flag is set
@@ -186,3 +188,5 @@ if [[ $notarizePkg -eq 1 ]]; then
     echo "# Stapling $productpath"
     xcrun stapler staple "$productpath"
 fi
+
+exit $exit_code
diff --git a/utils/test-pr.sh b/utils/test-pr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..24ef81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/test-pr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+
+# this will checkout and test a pr
+
+# requires the gh tool and the cwd to be the repo base
+#
+# usage: utils/test-pr.sh <pr_num> <label>
+
+pr_num=${1:?"arg 1 is the PR number"}
+label=${2:?"arg 2 is label"}
+
+gh pr checkout $pr_num -b "pr/$pr_num"
+
+
+
+if ! utils/assemble.sh $label; then
+    echo "something went wrong, stopping here"
+else
+    echo
+    echo "All good! merging..."
+    echo
+
+#     git checkout main
+#     git merge "pr/$pr_num" -m "new label: $label"
+#     git branch -d "pr/$pr_num"
+#     gh pr comment $pr_num --body 'Thank you!'
+fi