diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4793373..3c07b6d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MAKE_DIR := $(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 install:
 	deno install
 
-dev: install prepare-static-files
+dev: clean-build-output install prepare-static-files
 	open http://localhost:8000 && deno -A ./scripts/dev.js
 
 format: 
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ lighthouse-badges:
 update-lighthouse-badges: lighthouse-badges
 	$(MAKE_DIR)/scripts/update-badges.sh
 
-clean:
+clean-build-output:
+	rm -rf ./dist
+
+clean: clean-build-output
 	deno clean
 	rm -rf ./node_modules
-	rm -rf ./out
-	rm -rf ./dist
-	rm -rf ./dev
 	rm -rf ./*lock*
 
 serve: build
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ serve: build
 prepare-static-files:
 	$(MAKE_DIR)/scripts/prepare-static-files.sh
 
-build: install prepare-static-files
-	$(MAKE_DIR)/scripts/build.sh
+build: clean-build-output install prepare-static-files
+	deno -A ./scripts/build.js
 
 deploy: version build
 	$(MAKE_DIR)/scripts/deploy.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index 331b996..2a904eb 100644
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as esbuild from "npm:esbuild";
 
 const VERSION = Deno.env.get("NEW_VERSION") || `v0.0.0`;
 
-const result = await esbuild.build({
+await esbuild.build({
   entryPoints: ["./src/index.ts"],
   bundle: true,
   platform: "browser",
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6dfc2eb..0000000
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-version="${NEW_VERSION:-"v0.0.0"}"
-
-echo -e "🛠️  Building ${COLOR_GREEN}MiroPad${NO_COLOR} ${COLOR_RED}${version}${NO_COLOR} \n"
-
-## copy over static files from src
-rsync -r ./src/assets/images ./dist
-rsync ./src/assets/favicon.ico ./dist
-rsync ./src/index.html ./dist
-rsync ./src/manifest.json ./dist
-rsync ./src/service-worker.js ./dist
-./node_modules/.bin/workbox injectManifest ./workbox-config.js
-
-echo "$version" >./dist/version
-
-deno -A ./scripts/build.js
-
-echo -e "👷‍♂️ Build finished 🙌\n"
diff --git a/scripts/dev.js b/scripts/dev.js
index f348f85..eb7b62c 100644
--- a/scripts/dev.js
+++ b/scripts/dev.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as esbuild from "esbuild";
 import miropad from "../package.json" with { type: "json" };
 
+const VERSION = `v0.0.0`;
 const context = await esbuild.context({
   entryPoints: ["src/index.ts"],
   bundle: true,
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ const context = await esbuild.context({
   define: {
     "process.env.NODE_ENV": '"development"',
     TITLE_NAME: JSON.stringify("✍️ MiroPad"),
-    VERSION: JSON.stringify(miropad.version),
+    VERSION: JSON.stringify(VERSION),
     global: "globalThis",
   },
 });
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-static-files.sh b/scripts/prepare-static-files.sh
index 26dae5a..1d51da7 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare-static-files.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare-static-files.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ rsync ./src/index.html ./dist
 rsync ./src/manifest.json ./dist
 rsync ./src/service-worker.js ./dist
 ./node_modules/.bin/workbox injectManifest ./workbox-config.js
+
+## versioning static file generation
+version="${NEW_VERSION:-"v0.0.0"}"
+echo -e "🛠️  Building ${COLOR_GREEN}MiroPad${NO_COLOR} ${COLOR_RED}${version}${NO_COLOR} \n"
+echo "$version" >./dist/version