diff --git a/bin/build-linux-x64.sh b/bin/build-linux-x64.sh
index e89a449fd..473dd5c04 100755
--- a/bin/build-linux-x64.sh
+++ b/bin/build-linux-x64.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-BUILD_DIR=./dist/trilium-linux-x64
-rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
+SRC_DIR=./dist/trilium-linux-x64-src
+
+if [ "$1" != "DONTCOPY" ]
+then
+    ./bin/copy-trilium.sh $SRC_DIR
+fi
 
 echo "Copying required linux-x64 binaries"
 
-rm -r node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/*
-rm -r node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/*
-rm -r node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/*
 
-cp -r bin/deps/linux-x64/sqlite/* node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/
-cp bin/deps/linux-x64/image/pngquant node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/
-cp bin/deps/linux-x64/spellchecker/* node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/
+cp -r bin/deps/linux-x64/sqlite/* $SRC_DIR/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/
+cp bin/deps/linux-x64/image/pngquant $SRC_DIR/node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/
+cp bin/deps/linux-x64/spellchecker/* $SRC_DIR/node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/
 
-./node_modules/.bin/electron-packager . --asar --out=dist --executable-name=trilium --platform=linux --arch=x64 --overwrite
+./node_modules/.bin/electron-packager $SRC_DIR --asar --out=dist --executable-name=trilium --platform=linux --arch=x64 --overwrite
+
+BUILD_DIR=./dist/trilium-linux-x64
+rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
 
 mv "./dist/Trilium Notes-linux-x64" $BUILD_DIR
 
@@ -28,3 +35,7 @@ VERSION=`jq -r ".version" package.json`
 cd dist
 
 tar cJf trilium-linux-x64-${VERSION}.tar.xz trilium-linux-x64
+
+cd ..
+
+bin/build-debian.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/build-mac-x64.sh b/bin/build-mac-x64.sh
index c0e7c5502..d7e9f3dbb 100755
--- a/bin/build-mac-x64.sh
+++ b/bin/build-mac-x64.sh
@@ -1,29 +1,34 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+SRC_DIR=./dist/trilium-mac-x64-src
+
+if [ "$1" != "DONTCOPY" ]
+then
+    ./bin/copy-trilium.sh $SRC_DIR
+fi
+
+echo "Copying required mac binaries"
+
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/mozjpeg/vendor/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/giflossy/vendor/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/*
+
+cp -r bin/deps/mac-x64/sqlite/* $SRC_DIR/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/
+cp bin/deps/mac-x64/image/cjpeg $SRC_DIR/node_modules/mozjpeg/vendor/
+cp bin/deps/mac-x64/image/pngquant $SRC_DIR/node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/
+cp bin/deps/mac-x64/image/gifsicle $SRC_DIR/node_modules/giflossy/vendor/
+cp bin/deps/mac-x64/spellchecker/* $SRC_DIR/node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/
+
+./node_modules/.bin/electron-packager $SRC_DIR --asar --out=dist --executable-name=trilium --platform=darwin --arch=x64 --overwrite --icon=images/app-icons/mac/icon.icns
+
 BUILD_DIR=./dist/trilium-mac-x64
 rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
 
-echo "Copying required mac binaries"
-
-rm -r node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/*
-rm -r node_modules/mozjpeg/vendor/*
-rm -r node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/*
-rm -r node_modules/giflossy/vendor/*
-rm -r node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/*
-
-cp -r bin/deps/mac-x64/sqlite/* node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/
-cp bin/deps/mac-x64/image/cjpeg node_modules/mozjpeg/vendor/
-cp bin/deps/mac-x64/image/pngquant node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/
-cp bin/deps/mac-x64/image/gifsicle node_modules/giflossy/vendor/
-cp bin/deps/mac-x64/spellchecker/* node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/
-
-./node_modules/.bin/electron-packager . --asar --out=dist --executable-name=trilium --platform=darwin --arch=x64 --overwrite --icon=images/app-icons/mac/icon.icns
-
 # Mac build has by default useless directory level
 mv "./dist/Trilium Notes-darwin-x64" $BUILD_DIR
 
-./bin/reset-local.sh
-
 echo "Zipping mac x64 electron distribution..."
 
 VERSION=`jq -r ".version" package.json`
diff --git a/bin/build-server.sh b/bin/build-server.sh
index 811f3e804..65fe5a858 100755
--- a/bin/build-server.sh
+++ b/bin/build-server.sh
@@ -1,40 +1,32 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-PKG_DIR=dist/trilium-linux-x64-server
+PKG_DIR=dist/trilium-linux-x64-server-src
 NODE_VERSION=12.11.1
 
-rm -r $PKG_DIR
-mkdir $PKG_DIR
-cd $PKG_DIR
+if [ "$1" != "DONTCOPY" ]
+then
+    ./bin/copy-trilium.sh $PKG_DIR
+fi
 
+cd dist
 wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v${NODE_VERSION}/node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz
 tar xvfJ node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz
 rm node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz
-
-mv node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-x64 node
-
-cp -r ../../node_modules/ ./
-cp -r ../../images/ ./
-cp -r ../../libraries/ ./
-cp -r ../../src/ ./
-cp -r ../../db/ ./
-cp -r ../../package.json ./
-cp -r ../../package-lock.json ./
-cp -r ../../README.md ./
-cp -r ../../LICENSE ./
-cp -r ../../config-sample.ini ./
-
-rm -r ./node_modules/electron*
-
-rm -r ./node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/*
-
-cp -r ../../bin/deps/linux-x64/sqlite/node* ./node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/
-
-printf "#!/bin/sh\n./node/bin/node src/www" > trilium.sh
-chmod 755 trilium.sh
-
 cd ..
 
-VERSION=`jq -r ".version" ../package.json`
+mv dist/node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-x64 $PKG_DIR/node
 
-tar cJf trilium-linux-x64-server-${VERSION}.tar.xz trilium-linux-x64-server
+rm -r $PKG_DIR/node_modules/electron*
+
+rm -r $PKG_DIR/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/*
+
+cp -r ./bin/deps/linux-x64/sqlite/node* $PKG_DIR/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/
+
+printf "#!/bin/sh\n./node/bin/node src/www" > $PKG_DIR/trilium.sh
+chmod 755 $PKG_DIR/trilium.sh
+
+VERSION=`jq -r ".version" package.json`
+
+cd dist
+
+tar cJf trilium-linux-x64-server-${VERSION}.tar.xz trilium-linux-x64-server-src
diff --git a/bin/build-win-x64.sh b/bin/build-win-x64.sh
index 61baa57b2..048400eae 100755
--- a/bin/build-win-x64.sh
+++ b/bin/build-win-x64.sh
@@ -1,33 +1,38 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-BUILD_DIR=./dist/trilium-windows-x64
-rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
+SRC_DIR=./dist/trilium-windows-x64-src
+
+if [ "$1" != "DONTCOPY" ]
+then
+    ./bin/copy-trilium.sh $SRC_DIR
+fi
 
 echo "Copying required windows binaries"
 
-rm -r node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/*
-rm -r node_modules/mozjpeg/vendor/*
-rm -r node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/*
-rm -r node_modules/giflossy/vendor/*
-rm -r node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/*
-rm -r node_modules/keyboard-layout/build/Release/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/mozjpeg/vendor/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/giflossy/vendor/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/*
+rm -r $SRC_DIR/node_modules/keyboard-layout/build/Release/*
 
-cp -r bin/deps/win-x64/sqlite/* node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/
-cp bin/deps/win-x64/image/cjpeg.exe node_modules/mozjpeg/vendor/
-cp bin/deps/win-x64/image/pngquant.exe node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/
-cp bin/deps/win-x64/image/gifsicle.exe node_modules/giflossy/vendor/
-cp bin/deps/win-x64/spellchecker/* node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/
-cp bin/deps/win-x64/keyboard-layout-manager.node node_modules/keyboard-layout/build/Release/
+cp -r bin/deps/win-x64/sqlite/* $SRC_DIR/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/
+cp bin/deps/win-x64/image/cjpeg.exe $SRC_DIR/node_modules/mozjpeg/vendor/
+cp bin/deps/win-x64/image/pngquant.exe $SRC_DIR/node_modules/pngquant-bin/vendor/
+cp bin/deps/win-x64/image/gifsicle.exe $SRC_DIR/node_modules/giflossy/vendor/
+cp bin/deps/win-x64/spellchecker/* $SRC_DIR/node_modules/@felixrieseberg/spellchecker/build/Release/
+cp bin/deps/win-x64/keyboard-layout-manager.node $SRC_DIR/node_modules/keyboard-layout/build/Release/
 
-./node_modules/.bin/electron-packager . --asar --out=dist --executable-name=trilium --platform=win32  --arch=x64 --overwrite --icon=images/app-icons/win/icon.ico
+./node_modules/.bin/electron-packager $SRC_DIR --asar --out=dist --executable-name=trilium --platform=win32  --arch=x64 --overwrite --icon=images/app-icons/win/icon.ico
+
+BUILD_DIR=./dist/trilium-windows-x64
+rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
 
 mv "./dist/Trilium Notes-win32-x64" $BUILD_DIR
 
 # removing software WebGL binaries because they are pretty huge and not necessary
 rm -r $BUILD_DIR/swiftshader
 
-./bin/reset-local.sh
-
 echo "Zipping windows x64 electron distribution..."
 VERSION=`jq -r ".version" package.json`
 
diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index c19fb5dc6..fd78d0570 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-rm -r node_modules
-
-npm install
-
 echo "Deleting existing builds"
 
 rm -r dist/*
 
-bin/build-win-x64.sh
+SRC_DIR=dist/trilium-src
 
-bin/build-mac-x64.sh
+bin/copy-trilium.sh $SRC_DIR
 
-# building X64 linux as the last so electron-rebuild will prepare X64 binaries for local development
-bin/build-linux-x64.sh
+# 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-src
+cp -r $SRC_DIR ./dist/trilium-windows-x64-src
+cp -r $SRC_DIR ./dist/trilium-mac-x64-src
 
-# this needs to be run after linux build
-bin/build-debian.sh
+bin/build-win-x64.sh DONTCOPY
 
-bin/build-server.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+bin/build-mac-x64.sh DONTCOPY
+
+bin/build-linux-x64.sh DONTCOPY
+
+bin/build-server.sh DONTCOPY
diff --git a/bin/copy-trilium.sh b/bin/copy-trilium.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..70cdee57d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/copy-trilium.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
+    echo "Missing argument of target directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+DIR=$1
+
+rm -rf $DIR
+mkdir $DIR
+
+echo "Copying Trilium to build directory $DIR"
+
+cp -r images $DIR/
+cp -r libraries $DIR/
+cp -r src $DIR/
+cp -r db $DIR/
+cp -r package.json $DIR/
+cp -r package-lock.json $DIR/
+cp -r README.md $DIR/
+cp -r LICENSE $DIR/
+cp -r config-sample.ini $DIR/
+cp -r electron.js $DIR/
+
+# run in subshell (so we return to original dir)
+(cd $DIR && npm install --only=prod)
+
+rm -r $DIR/node_modules/cld/deps
+
+find $DIR/libraries -name "*.map" -type f -delete
+find $DIR/libraries -name "hunspell.lib" -type f -delete
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/reset-local.sh b/bin/reset-local.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 37e2a1d7d..000000000
--- a/bin/reset-local.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild --arch=x64
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c9da9f58f..78d187254 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
     "start-electron": "TRILIUM_ENV=dev electron . --disable-gpu",
     "build-backend-docs": "./node_modules/.bin/jsdoc -c jsdoc-conf.json -d ./docs/backend_api src/entities/*.js src/services/backend_script_api.js",
     "build-frontend-docs": "./node_modules/.bin/jsdoc -c jsdoc-conf.json -d ./docs/frontend_api src/public/javascripts/entities/*.js src/public/javascripts/services/frontend_script_api.js",
-    "build-docs": "npm run build-backend-docs && npm run build-frontend-docs",
-    "postinstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps"
+    "build-docs": "npm run build-backend-docs && npm run build-frontend-docs"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async-mutex": "0.1.4",