diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index ed3fe8b9..b8781e3a 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ const createWindow = () => {
 	// and load the index.html of the app.
 	mainWindow.loadFile("index.html")
 
-	// Open the DevTools for debugging, only if not in production.
-	if (!app.isPackaged) {
-		mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools({mode: "detach"})
-	}
+	// @formatter:off
+	// Open the DevTools for debugging, only if not in production. This is removed for release by the build script (package.sh) because it's unreliable.
+	// disable formatting so the line always stays the same so sed can find it
+	// eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
+	if (!app.isPackaged) mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools({mode: "detach"})
+	// @formatter:on
 }
 
 // This method will be called when Electron has finished
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ac5b1b4d..d63aeec5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "steamdepotdownloadergui",
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.3.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0fc80b46..4533f930 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "steamdepotdownloadergui",
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.3.1",
   "description": "DepotDownloader Electron frontend",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/package.sh b/package.sh
index ecfcd77f..9db26f31 100755
--- a/package.sh
+++ b/package.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
 version=`jq '.version' package.json`
 version="${version//\"}"
-echo "version = ${version}"
+echo "version that will be build is ${version}"
+rm -rf ./dist/
+
+# Disable DevTools for release, because it's unreliable
+original_line=$(sed -n '/if (!app.isPackaged) mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools({mode: "detach"})/p' main.js)
+# original_line has 1 tab too much, so we remove it
+original_line="${original_line//	/}"
+sed -i 's/if (!app.isPackaged) mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools({mode: "detach"})/\/\/REMOVED FOR RELEASE./g' main.js
+
+
+npm run build
 mkdir -p ./dist/release-ready
+
 cp ./dist/SteamDepotDownloaderGUI*.exe ./dist/release-ready/SteamDepotDownloaderGUI-windows-"${version}".exe
 cp `ls -d1 dist/* | grep -E "SteamDepotDownloaderGUI-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.AppImage"` ./dist/release-ready/SteamDepotDownloaderGUI-linux-"${version}"-x64.AppImage
 cp `ls -d1 dist/* | grep -E "steamdepotdownloadergui-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.zip"` ./dist/release-ready/SteamDepotDownloaderGUI-linux-"${version}"-x64.zip
 cp `ls -d1 dist/* | grep -E "SteamDepotDownloaderGUI-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\-arm64.AppImage"` ./dist/release-ready/SteamDepotDownloaderGUI-linux-"${version}"-arm64.AppImage
 cp `ls -d1 dist/* | grep -E "steamdepotdownloadergui-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\-arm64.zip"` ./dist/release-ready/SteamDepotDownloaderGUI-linux-"${version}"-arm64.zip
-echo "done!"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "done building!"
+echo "reverting changes to main.js"
+sed -i "s|\/\/REMOVED FOR RELEASE.|$original_line|g" main.js
\ No newline at end of file