diff --git a/js/.gitignore b/js/.gitignore
index f1c885637..b3ece001c 100644
--- a/js/.gitignore
+++ b/js/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ npm-debug.log
 build
 .build
 .coverage
+.dist
 .happypack
diff --git a/js/scripts/build.sh b/js/scripts/build.sh
index 1f3f44ceb..a6f4a913c 100755
--- a/js/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/js/scripts/build.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ cd ..
 
 # run build (production) and store the exit code
 EXITCODE=0
-rm -rf .build
-npm run ci:build || EXITCODE=1
+BUILDDIR=./.dist
+rm -rf $BUILDDIR
+mkdir -p $BUILDDIR/src
+BUILD_DEST=$BUILDDIR/build npm run ci:build || EXITCODE=1
+
+# Copy rust files
+cp Cargo.precompiled.toml $BUILDDIR/Cargo.toml
+cp build.rs $BUILDDIR
+cp src/lib.rs* $BUILDDIR/src
 
 # back to root
 popd
diff --git a/js/scripts/release.sh b/js/scripts/release.sh
index bcd93f9bc..392bdd3b8 100755
--- a/js/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/js/scripts/release.sh
@@ -13,21 +13,11 @@ function setup_git_user {
 BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
 GITLOG=./.git/gitcommand.log
 pushd $BASEDIR
-cd ../.build
+cd ../.dist
 
 # variables
 UTCDATE=`date -u "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`
 
-# Create proper directory structure
-mkdir -p build
-mv *.* build
-mkdir -p src
-
-# Copy rust files
-cp ../Cargo.precompiled.toml Cargo.toml
-cp ../build.rs .
-cp ../src/lib.rs* ./src/
-
 # init git
 rm -rf ./.git
 git init
@@ -40,21 +30,23 @@ git checkout -b $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
 git add .
 git commit -m "$UTCDATE [compiled]"
 git merge origin/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME -X ours --commit -m "$UTCDATE [release]"
-git push origin $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG
+git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG
 
 # back to root
 popd
 
-# bump js-precompiled
-cargo update -p parity-ui-precompiled
-
-# add to git and push
+# inti git with right origin
 setup_git_user
 git remote set-url origin https://${GITHUB_JS_PRECOMPILED}:@github.com/ethcore/parity.git
-git fetch origin 2>$GITLOG
+
+# at this point we have a detached head on GitLab, reset
+git reset --hard origin/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG
+
+# bump js-precompiled, add, commit & push
+cargo update -p parity-ui-precompiled
 git add . || true
-git commit -m "[ci skip] js-precompiled $UTCDATE" || true
-git push origin $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG || true
+git commit -m "[ci skip] js-precompiled $UTCDATE"
+git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG
 
 # exit with exit code
 exit 0