diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 7fc513ce24..a815fb2168 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -113,10 +113,14 @@
         </subant>
     </target>
 
+    <target name="set-release-build">
+        <property name="build.type" value="RELEASE"/>
+    </target>
+
     <!-- This target will create a custom ZIP file for us.  It first uses the general
     ZIP target and then opens it up and adds in any files that we want.  This is where we customize the
     version number. -->
-    <target name="build-zip" depends="doxygen, suite.build-zip"> <!--,findJRE" -->
+    <target name="build-zip" depends="set-release-build, doxygen, suite.build-zip"> <!--,findJRE" -->
         
         <property name="release.dir" value="${nbdist.dir}/${app.name}"/>
 
@@ -342,8 +346,8 @@
     </target>
     
     <target name="versioning-script" depends="check-release, versioning-script-if-release, versioning-script-if-not-release"/>
-     
-    <target name="build-installer" depends="getProps, doxygen, build-zip" description="Builds Autopsy installer.">    
+         
+    <target name="build-installer" depends="set-release-build, getProps, doxygen, build-zip" description="Builds Autopsy installer.">    
         <!-- Unzip file -->
         <delete dir="${nbdist.dir}/${app.name}-tmp-installer" quiet="true"/>
         <unzip src="${nbdist.dir}/${app.name}-${app.version}.zip" dest="${nbdist.dir}/${app.name}-tmp-installer"/>