diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2436a8124..4aac3160f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ COPY . .
 RUN npm ci && \
     npm run build:prepare-dist && \
     npm cache clean --force && \
-    rm -rf dist/node_modules && \
-    mv dist/* \
+    rm -rf build/node_modules && \
+    mv build/* \
       start-docker.sh \
       /usr/src/app/ && \
     rm -rf \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine b/Dockerfile.alpine
index 9370bd6da..f83789399 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ COPY . .
 RUN npm ci && \
     npm run build:prepare-dist && \
     npm cache clean --force && \
-    rm -rf dist/node_modules && \
-    mv dist/* \
+    rm -rf build/node_modules && \
+    mv build/* \
       start-docker.sh \
       /usr/src/app/ && \
     rm -rf \
diff --git a/bin/build-server.sh b/bin/build-server.sh
index ff2912470..3af7ec9f5 100755
--- a/bin/build-server.sh
+++ b/bin/build-server.sh
@@ -22,53 +22,42 @@ echo "Selected Arch: $ARCH"
 
 # Set Node.js version and architecture-specific filename
 NODE_VERSION=20.15.1
-NODE_ARCH=$ARCH
 
-# Debug output
-echo "Node arch: $NODE_ARCH"
+BUILD_DIR="./build"
+DIST_DIR="./dist"
 
-# Special case for x64 in Node.js downloads
-if [ "$NODE_ARCH" = "x64" ]; then
-    NODE_FILENAME="x64"
-elif [ "$NODE_ARCH" = "arm64" ]; then
-    NODE_FILENAME="arm64"
-fi
+./bin/copy-trilium.sh
 
-# Debug output
-echo "Node filename: $NODE_FILENAME"
+NODE_FILENAME=node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}
 
-PKG_DIR=dist/trilium-linux-${ARCH}-server
-echo "Package directory: $PKG_DIR"
-
-if [ "$1" != "DONTCOPY" ]
-then
-    # Need to modify copy-trilium.sh to accept the target directory
-    ./bin/copy-trilium.sh "$PKG_DIR"
-fi
-
-cd dist
-wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v${NODE_VERSION}/node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${NODE_FILENAME}.tar.xz
-tar xfJ node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${NODE_FILENAME}.tar.xz
-rm node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${NODE_FILENAME}.tar.xz
+echo "Downloading Node.js runtime $NODE_FILENAME..."
+cd $BUILD_DIR
+wget -qO- https://nodejs.org/dist/v${NODE_VERSION}/${NODE_FILENAME}.tar.xz | tar xfJ -
+mv $NODE_FILENAME node
 cd ..
 
-mv dist/node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${NODE_FILENAME} $PKG_DIR/node
 
-rm -r $PKG_DIR/node/lib/node_modules/npm
-rm -r $PKG_DIR/node/include/node
+rm -r $BUILD_DIR/node/lib/node_modules/npm \
+    $BUILD_DIR/node/include/node \
+    $BUILD_DIR/node_modules/electron* \
+    $BUILD_DIR/electron*.{js,map}
 
-rm -r $PKG_DIR/node_modules/electron*
-rm -r $PKG_DIR/electron*.js
+printf "#!/bin/sh\n./node/bin/node src/main" > $BUILD_DIR/trilium.sh
+chmod 755 $BUILD_DIR/trilium.sh
 
-printf "#!/bin/sh\n./node/bin/node src/main" > $PKG_DIR/trilium.sh
-chmod 755 $PKG_DIR/trilium.sh
-
-cp bin/tpl/anonymize-database.sql $PKG_DIR/
-
-cp -r translations $PKG_DIR/
+# TriliumNextTODO: is this still required? If yes → move to copy-dist/copy-trilium
+cp bin/tpl/anonymize-database.sql $BUILD_DIR/
 
 VERSION=`jq -r ".version" package.json`
 
-cd dist
 
-tar cJf trilium-linux-${ARCH}-server-${VERSION}.tar.xz trilium-linux-${ARCH}-server
+ARCHIVE_NAME="TriliumNextNotes-Server-${VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}"
+echo "Creating Archive $ARCHIVE_NAME..."
+
+mkdir $DIST_DIR
+cp -r "$BUILD_DIR" "$DIST_DIR/$ARCHIVE_NAME"
+cd $DIST_DIR
+tar cJf "$ARCHIVE_NAME.tar.xz" "$ARCHIVE_NAME"
+rm -rf "$ARCHIVE_NAME"
+
+echo "Server Build Completed!"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7fb41cfcb..000000000
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e  # Fail on any command error
-
-if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "Missing command: jq"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! command -v fakeroot &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "Missing command: fakeroot"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! command -v dpkg-deb &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "Missing command: dpkg-deb"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if dpkg-deb 2>&1 | grep BusyBox &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "The dpkg-deb binary provided by BusyBox is not compatible. The Debian tool needs to be used instead."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! command -v wine &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "Missing command: wine"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Deleting existing builds"
-
-rm -rf dist/*
-
-SRC_DIR=dist/trilium-src
-
-bin/copy-trilium.sh $SRC_DIR
-
-# we'll just copy the same SRC dir to all the builds so we don't have to do npm install in each separately
-cp -r $SRC_DIR ./dist/trilium-linux-x64-src
-cp -r $SRC_DIR ./dist/trilium-linux-x64-server
-cp -r $SRC_DIR ./dist/trilium-windows-x64-src
-cp -r $SRC_DIR ./dist/trilium-mac-x64-src
-cp -r $SRC_DIR ./dist/trilium-mac-arm64-src
-
-bin/build-win-x64.sh DONTCOPY
-
-bin/build-mac-x64.sh DONTCOPY
-
-bin/build-mac-arm64.sh DONTCOPY
-
-bin/build-linux-x64.sh DONTCOPY
-
-bin/build-server.sh DONTCOPY
diff --git a/bin/copy-dist.ts b/bin/copy-dist.ts
index 289334321..0f9e62c99 100644
--- a/bin/copy-dist.ts
+++ b/bin/copy-dist.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import fs from "fs-extra";
 import path from "path";
 
-const DEST_DIR = "./dist";
+const DEST_DIR = "./build";
 
 const VERBOSE = process.env.VERBOSE;
 
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ try {
         "./config-sample.ini",
         "./package-lock.json",
         "./package.json",
+        "./LICENSE",
+        "./README.md",
         "./src/views/",
         "./src/etapi/etapi.openapi.yaml",
         "./src/routes/api/openapi.json",
diff --git a/bin/copy-trilium.sh b/bin/copy-trilium.sh
index f62b180a0..55c5cf6de 100755
--- a/bin/copy-trilium.sh
+++ b/bin/copy-trilium.sh
@@ -3,72 +3,42 @@
 set -e  # Fail on any command error
 shopt -s globstar
 
-if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
-    echo "Missing argument of target directory"
-    exit 1
-fi
+BUILD_DIR="./build"
+
 if ! [[ $(which npm) ]]; then
     echo "Missing npm"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Trigger the TypeScript build
-echo TypeScript build start
-npm run build:ts
-echo TypeScript build finished
-
-# Copy the TypeScript artifacts
-DIR="$1"
-rm -rf "$DIR"
-mkdir -pv "$DIR"
-
-echo Webpack start
-npm run build:webpack
-echo Webpack finish
-
-echo "Copying Trilium to build directory $DIR"
-
-for d in 'images' 'libraries' 'src' 'db'; do
-    cp -r "$d" "$DIR"/
-done
-
-for f in 'package.json' 'package-lock.json' 'README.md' 'LICENSE' 'config-sample.ini'; do
-    cp "$f" "$DIR"/
-done
+# Trigger the build
+echo Build start
+npm run build:prepare-dist
+echo Build finished
 
 # Patch package.json main
-sed -i 's/.\/dist\/electron-main.js/electron-main.js/g' "$DIR/package.json"
-
-script_dir=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
-cp -R "$script_dir/../build/src" "$DIR"
-cp "$script_dir/../build/electron-main.js" "$DIR"
+sed -i 's|./dist/electron-main.js|electron-main.js|g' "$BUILD_DIR/package.json"
 
 # run in subshell (so we return to original dir)
-(cd $DIR && npm install --omit=dev --legacy-peer-deps)
+(cd $BUILD_DIR && npm ci --omit=dev)
 
-if [[ -d "$DIR"/node_modules ]]; then
+if [[ -d "$BUILD_DIR"/node_modules ]]; then
     # cleanup of useless files in dependencies
     for d in 'image-q/demo' \
         '@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/excalidraw-assets-dev' '@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/excalidraw.development.js' '@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/excalidraw-with-preact.development.js' \
         'mermaid/dist/mermaid.js' \
         'boxicons/svg' 'boxicons/node_modules/react'/* \
         '@jimp/plugin-print/fonts' 'jimp/browser' 'jimp/fonts'; do
-        [[ -e "$DIR"/node_modules/"$d" ]] && rm -r "$DIR"/node_modules/"$d"
+        [[ -e "$BUILD_DIR"/node_modules/"$d" ]] && rm -r "$BUILD_DIR"/node_modules/"$d"
     done
 
     # delete all tests (there are often large images as test file for jimp etc.)
     for d in 'test' 'docs' 'demo' 'example'; do
-        find "$DIR"/node_modules -name "$d" -exec rm -rf {} +
+        find "$BUILD_DIR"/node_modules -name "$d" -exec rm -rf {} +
     done
 fi
 
-find $DIR/libraries -name "*.map" -type f -delete
-find $DIR/node_modules -name "*.map" -type f -delete
-find $DIR -name "*.ts" -type f -delete
+find $BUILD_DIR/libraries -name "*.map" -type f -delete
+find $BUILD_DIR/node_modules -name "*.map" -type f -delete
+find $BUILD_DIR -name "*.ts" -type f -delete
 
-d="$DIR"/src/public
-[[ -d "$d"/app-dist ]] || mkdir -pv "$d"/app-dist
-cp -r "$d"/app/doc_notes "$d"/app-dist/
-
-rm -rf "$d"/app
-unset f d DIR
+unset f d BUILD_DIR
diff --git a/tsconfig.build.json b/tsconfig.build.json
index 4d4ffd342..1987c96c0 100644
--- a/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "module": "NodeNext",
     "declaration": false,
     "sourceMap": true,
-    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "outDir": "./build",
     "strict": true,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d94fcef82..c1f3ef48b 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "module": "NodeNext",
     "declaration": false,
     "sourceMap": true,
-    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "outDir": "./build",
     "strict": true,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
diff --git a/tsconfig.webpack.json b/tsconfig.webpack.json
index cbfe8cbdb..ed622818b 100644
--- a/tsconfig.webpack.json
+++ b/tsconfig.webpack.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "module": "NodeNext",
     "declaration": false,
     "sourceMap": true,
-    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "outDir": "./build",
     "strict": true,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
diff --git a/webpack.config.ts b/webpack.config.ts
index 207ff2fcf..82439ea6d 100644
--- a/webpack.config.ts
+++ b/webpack.config.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const config: Configuration = {
     },
     output: {
         publicPath: `${assetPath}/app-dist/`,
-        path: path.resolve(rootDir, "dist/src/public/app-dist"),
+        path: path.resolve(rootDir, "build/src/public/app-dist"),
         filename: "[name].js"
     },
     plugins: [