diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/create_desktop_for_testing.sh b/desktop/package/macosx/create_desktop_for_testing.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/desktop/package/macosx/create_desktop_for_testing.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/../../
+
+mkdir -p deploy
+
+set -e
+
+version="1.1.5-SNAPSHOT"
+commithash="ec633f0c3771893b47956b8d05b17c6f3f1919c1"
+
+cd ..
+./gradlew :desktop:build -x test shadowJar
+cd desktop
+
+EXE_JAR=build/libs/desktop-$version-all.jar
+JAR_WITH_HASH_NAME=desktop-$version-$commithash-all.jar
+EXE_JAR_WITH_HASH=build/libs/$JAR_WITH_HASH_NAME
+DEPLOY_JAR=deploy/$JAR_WITH_HASH_NAME
+
+# we need to strip out Java 9 module configuration used in the fontawesomefx library as it causes the javapackager to stop,
+# because of this existing module information, although it is not used as a module.
+echo Unzipping jar to delete module config
+tmp=build/libs/tmp
+unzip -o -q $EXE_JAR -d $tmp
+
+# Sometimes $tmp/module-info.class is not available. TODO check why and if still needed
+rm -f $tmp/module-info.class
+
+rm $EXE_JAR
+echo Zipping jar again without module config
+cd $tmp; zip -r -q -X "../$JAR_WITH_HASH_NAME" *
+cd ../../../; rm -rf $tmp
+
+cp $EXE_JAR_WITH_HASH  $DEPLOY_JAR
+
+echo Create signature
+gpg --digest-algo SHA256 --local-user $BISQ_GPG_USER --output $DEPLOY_JAR.asc --detach-sig --armor $DEPLOY_JAR
+
+echo Verify signatures
+gpg --digest-algo SHA256 --verify $DEPLOY_JAR{.asc*,}
+
+open deploy
diff --git a/desktop/package/macosx/create_seednode_for_testing.sh b/desktop/package/macosx/create_seednode_for_testing.sh
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index 00000000000..aba6ddbd681
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+++ b/desktop/package/macosx/create_seednode_for_testing.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/../../
+
+set -e
+
+version="1.1.5-SNAPSHOT"
+commithash="ec633f0c3771893b47956b8d05b17c6f3f1919c1"
+
+cd ..
+./gradlew :seednode:build -x test shadowJar
+cd seednode
+
+mkdir -p deploy
+
+EXE_JAR=build/libs/seednode-all.jar
+JAR_WITH_HASH_NAME=seednode-$version-$commithash-all.jar
+EXE_JAR_WITH_HASH=build/libs/$JAR_WITH_HASH_NAME
+DEPLOY_JAR=deploy/$JAR_WITH_HASH_NAME
+
+# we need to strip out Java 9 module configuration used in the fontawesomefx library as it causes the javapackager to stop,
+# because of this existing module information, although it is not used as a module.
+echo Unzipping jar to delete module config
+tmp=build/libs/tmp
+unzip -o -q $EXE_JAR -d $tmp
+
+# Sometimes $tmp/module-info.class is not available. TODO check why and if still needed
+rm -f $tmp/module-info.class
+
+rm $EXE_JAR
+echo Zipping jar again without module config
+cd $tmp; zip -r -q -X "../$JAR_WITH_HASH_NAME" *
+cd ../../../; rm -rf $tmp
+
+cp $EXE_JAR_WITH_HASH  $DEPLOY_JAR
+
+echo Create signature
+gpg --digest-algo SHA256 --local-user $BISQ_GPG_USER --output $DEPLOY_JAR.asc --detach-sig --armor $DEPLOY_JAR
+
+echo Verify signatures
+gpg --digest-algo SHA256 --verify $DEPLOY_JAR{.asc*,}
+
+open deploy