diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 08c6a7cea..233aa0be9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ linux-stable:
     - stable
     - triggers
   script:
-    - curl --data "secret=$RELEASES_SECRET" http://icarus.parity.io/push-release/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$CI_BUILD_REF
-    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --release $CARGOFLAGS
+    - curl --data "secret=$RELEASES_SECRET" http://icarus.parity.io:1337/push-release/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$CI_BUILD_REF
+    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --release --features final $CARGOFLAGS
     - strip target/release/parity
     - export SHA3=$(target/release/parity tools hash target/release/parity)
     - md5sum target/release/parity > parity.md5
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ linux-stable:
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket $S3_BUCKET --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket $S3_BUCKET --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/"parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb" --body "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb"
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket $S3_BUCKET --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/"parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5" --body "parity_"$VER"_amd64.deb.md5"
-    - curl --data "commit=$CI_BUILD_REF&sha3=$SHA3&filename=parity&secret=$RELEASES_SECRET" http://icarus.parity.io/push-build/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+    - curl --data "commit=$CI_BUILD_REF&sha3=$SHA3&filename=parity&secret=$RELEASES_SECRET" http://icarus.parity.io:1337/push-build/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
   tags:
     - rust
     - rust-stable
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ linux-centos:
     - export CXX="g++"
     - export CC="gcc"
     - export PLATFORM=x86_64-unknown-centos-gnu
-    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --release $CARGOFLAGS
+    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --release --features final $CARGOFLAGS
     - strip target/release/parity
     - md5sum target/release/parity > parity.md5
     - export SHA3=$(target/release/parity tools hash target/release/parity)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ linux-centos:
     - aws s3 rm --recursive s3://$S3_BUCKET/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-centos-gnu
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-centos-gnu/parity --body target/release/parity
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket builds-parity --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/x86_64-unknown-centos-gnu/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
-    - curl --data "commit=$CI_BUILD_REF&sha3=$SHA3&filename=parity&secret=$RELEASES_SECRET" http://icarus.parity.io/push-build/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM
+    - curl --data "commit=$CI_BUILD_REF&sha3=$SHA3&filename=parity&secret=$RELEASES_SECRET" http://icarus.parity.io:1337/push-build/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM
   tags:
     - rust
     - rust-centos
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ linux-i686:
     - export HOST_CXX=g++
     - export COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
     - export PLATFORM=i686-unknown-linux-gnu
-    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --target i686-unknown-linux-gnu --release $CARGOFLAGS
+    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --target i686-unknown-linux-gnu --features final --release $CARGOFLAGS
     - strip target/$PLATFORM/release/parity
     - md5sum target/$PLATFORM/release/parity > parity.md5
     - export SHA3=$(target/$PLATFORM/release/parity tools hash target/$PLATFORM/release/parity)
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ linux-i686:
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket $S3_BUCKET --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket $S3_BUCKET --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM/"parity_"$VER"_i386.deb" --body "parity_"$VER"_i386.deb"
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket $S3_BUCKET --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM/"parity_"$VER"_i386.deb.md5" --body "parity_"$VER"_i386.deb.md5"
-    - curl --data "commit=$CI_BUILD_REF&sha3=$SHA3&filename=parity&secret=$RELEASES_SECRET" http://icarus.parity.io/push-build/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM
+    - curl --data "commit=$CI_BUILD_REF&sha3=$SHA3&filename=parity&secret=$RELEASES_SECRET" http://icarus.parity.io:1337/push-build/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM
   tags:
     - rust
     - rust-i686
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ linux-armv7:
     - echo "[target.armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf]" >> .cargo/config
     - echo "linker= \"arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc\"" >> .cargo/config
     - cat .cargo/config
-    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --target armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf --release $CARGOFLAGS
+    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --target armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf --features final --release $CARGOFLAGS
     - arm-linux-gnueabihf-strip target/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity
     - md5sum target/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity > parity.md5
     - sh scripts/deb-build.sh armhf
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ linux-arm:
     - echo "[target.arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf]" >> .cargo/config
     - echo "linker= \"arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc\"" >> .cargo/config
     - cat .cargo/config
-    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --target arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf --release $CARGOFLAGS
+    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --target arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf --features final --release $CARGOFLAGS
     - arm-linux-gnueabihf-strip target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity
     - md5sum target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/parity > parity.md5
     - sh scripts/deb-build.sh armhf
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ linux-armv6:
     - echo "[target.arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi]" >> .cargo/config
     - echo "linker= \"arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc\"" >> .cargo/config
     - cat .cargo/config
-    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --target arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi --release $CARGOFLAGS
+    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --target arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi --features final --release $CARGOFLAGS
     - arm-linux-gnueabi-strip target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/release/parity
     - md5sum target/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/release/parity > parity.md5
     - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $s3_key
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ linux-aarch64:
     - echo "[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]" >> .cargo/config
     - echo "linker= \"aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc\"" >> .cargo/config
     - cat .cargo/config
-    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --release $CARGOFLAGS
+    - cargo build -j $(nproc) --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --features final --release $CARGOFLAGS
     - aarch64-linux-gnu-strip target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/parity
     - md5sum target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/parity > parity.md5
     - sh scripts/deb-build.sh arm64
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ darwin:
   script:
     - export COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
     - export PLATFORM=x86_64-apple-darwin
-    - cargo build -j 8 --release #$CARGOFLAGS
-    - cargo build -j 8 --release -p ethstore #$CARGOFLAGS
+    - cargo build -j 8 --features final --release #$CARGOFLAGS
+    - cargo build -j 8 --features final --release -p ethstore #$CARGOFLAGS
     - rm -rf parity.md5
     - md5sum target/release/parity > parity.md5
     - export SHA3=$(target/release/parity tools hash target/release/parity)
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ darwin:
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket $S3_BUCKET --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM/parity.md5 --body parity.md5
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket $S3_BUCKET --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM/"parity-"$VER"-osx-installer-EXPERIMENTAL.pkg" --body "parity-"$VER"-osx-installer-EXPERIMENTAL.pkg"
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket $S3_BUCKET --key $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM/"parity-"$VER"-osx-installer-EXPERIMENTAL.pkg.md5" --body "parity-"$VER"-osx-installer-EXPERIMENTAL.pkg.md5"
-    - curl --data "commit=$CI_BUILD_REF&sha3=$SHA3&filename=parity&secret=$RELEASES_SECRET" http://icarus.parity.io/push-build/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM
+    - curl --data "commit=$CI_BUILD_REF&sha3=$SHA3&filename=parity&secret=$RELEASES_SECRET" http://icarus.parity.io:1337/push-build/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME/$PLATFORM
   tags:
     - osx
   artifacts:
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ windows:
     - set RUST_BACKTRACE=1
     - set RUSTFLAGS=%RUSTFLAGS%
     - rustup default stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-    - cargo build --release #%CARGOFLAGS%
+    - cargo build --features final --release #%CARGOFLAGS%
     - signtool sign /f %keyfile% /p %certpass% target\release\parity.exe
     - target\release\parity.exe tools hash target\release\parity.exe > parity.sha3
     - set /P SHA3=<parity.sha3
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ windows:
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket %S3_BUCKET% --key %CI_BUILD_REF_NAME%/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/InstallParity.exe.md5 --body nsis\InstallParity.exe.md5
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket %S3_BUCKET% --key %CI_BUILD_REF_NAME%/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/win-installer.zip --body nsis\win-installer.zip
     - aws s3api put-object --bucket %S3_BUCKET% --key %CI_BUILD_REF_NAME%/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/win-installer.zip.md5 --body nsis\win-installer.zip.md5
-    - curl --data "commit=%CI_BUILD_REF%&sha3=%SHA3%&filename=parity.exe&secret=%RELEASES_SECRET%" http://icarus.parity.io/push-build/%CI_BUILD_REF_NAME%/%PLATFORM%
+    - curl --data "commit=%CI_BUILD_REF%&sha3=%SHA3%&filename=parity.exe&secret=%RELEASES_SECRET%" http://icarus.parity.io:1337/push-build/%CI_BUILD_REF_NAME%/%PLATFORM%
   tags:
    - rust-windows
   artifacts:
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ test-darwin:
 test-windows:
   stage: test
   only:
-#    - triggers
+    - triggers
   before_script:
     - git submodule update --init --recursive
   script:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a7887f9d8..c05cbf190 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1385,6 +1385,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ipc-common-types 1.5.0",
  "log 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "parity-hash-fetch 1.5.0",
+ "target_info 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 632d8d2a7..1eed33821 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ daemonize = "0.2"
 
 [features]
 default = ["ui-precompiled"]
-
 ui = [
 	"dapps",
 	"ethcore-dapps/ui",
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ ui-precompiled = [
 	"ethcore-signer/ui-precompiled",
 	"ethcore-dapps/ui-precompiled",
 ]
-
 dapps = ["ethcore-dapps"]
 ipc = ["ethcore/ipc", "ethsync/ipc"]
 jit = ["ethcore/jit"]
@@ -85,6 +83,7 @@ ethstore-cli = ["ethcore/ethstore-cli"]
 evm-debug = ["ethcore/evm-debug"]
 evm-debug-tests = ["ethcore/evm-debug-tests"]
 slow-blocks = ["ethcore/slow-blocks"]
+final = ["ethcore-util/final"]
 
 [[bin]]
 path = "parity/main.rs"
diff --git a/updater/Cargo.toml b/updater/Cargo.toml
index e166b4c65..9a6242b25 100644
--- a/updater/Cargo.toml
+++ b/updater/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ ethcore-util = { path = "../util" }
 parity-hash-fetch = { path = "../hash-fetch" }
 ipc-common-types = { path = "../ipc-common-types" }
 ethcore-ipc = { path = "../ipc/rpc" }
+target_info = "0.1"
 
 [profile.release]
 debug = true
diff --git a/updater/src/lib.rs b/updater/src/lib.rs
index 92992deb2..9dbcc94a5 100644
--- a/updater/src/lib.rs
+++ b/updater/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern crate ethcore;
 extern crate ethabi;
 extern crate ethsync;
 extern crate ethcore_ipc as ipc;
+extern crate target_info;
 
 mod updater;
 mod operations;
diff --git a/updater/src/updater.rs b/updater/src/updater.rs
index 5af36b52f..f347308e4 100644
--- a/updater/src/updater.rs
+++ b/updater/src/updater.rs
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::{PathBuf};
+use target_info::Target;
+use util::misc;
 use ipc_common_types::{VersionInfo, ReleaseTrack};
 use util::path::restrict_permissions_owner; 
-use util::misc::platform;
 use util::{Address, H160, H256, FixedHash, Mutex, Bytes};
 use ethsync::{SyncProvider};
 use ethcore::client::{BlockId, BlockChainClient, ChainNotify};
@@ -98,6 +99,18 @@ pub struct Updater {
 
 const CLIENT_ID: &'static str = "parity";
 
+fn platform() -> String {
+	if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+		"x86_64-apple-darwin".into()
+	} else if cfg!(windows) {
+		"x86_64-pc-windows-msvc".into()
+	} else if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+		format!("{}-unknown-linux-gnu", Target::arch())
+	} else {
+		misc::platform()
+	}
+}
+
 impl Updater {
 	pub fn new(client: Weak<BlockChainClient>, sync: Weak<SyncProvider>, update_policy: UpdatePolicy) -> Arc<Self> {
 		let r = Arc::new(Updater {
@@ -243,7 +256,7 @@ impl Updater {
 			trace!(target: "updater", "Latest release in our track is v{} it is {}critical ({} binary is {})",
 				latest.track.version,
 				if latest.track.is_critical {""} else {"non-"},
-				platform(),
+				&platform(),
 				if let Some(ref b) = latest.track.binary {
 					format!("{}", b)
 				} else {
diff --git a/util/Cargo.toml b/util/Cargo.toml
index 594024f3f..f019a9554 100644
--- a/util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ lru-cache = "0.1.0"
 [features]
 default = []
 dev = ["clippy"]
+final = []
 
 [build-dependencies]
 vergen = "*"
diff --git a/util/src/misc.rs b/util/src/misc.rs
index 0c3a32554..0d11313fe 100644
--- a/util/src/misc.rs
+++ b/util/src/misc.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ use target_info::Target;
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/version.rs"));
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/rustc_version.rs"));
 
+#[cfg(feature = "final")]
+const THIS_TRACK: &'static str = "nightly"; 
+// ^^^ should be reset to "stable" or "beta" according to the release branch.
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "final"))]
+const THIS_TRACK: &'static str = "unstable";
+// ^^^ This gets used when we're not building a final release; should stay as "unstable".
+
 /// Boolean type for clean/dirty status.
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub enum Filth {
@@ -45,7 +53,7 @@ pub fn version() -> String {
 	let sha3_dash = if sha3.is_empty() { "" } else { "-" };
 	let commit_date = commit_date().replace("-", "");
 	let date_dash = if commit_date.is_empty() { "" } else { "-" };
-	format!("Parity/v{}-unstable{}{}{}{}/{}/rustc{}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), sha3_dash, sha3, date_dash, commit_date, platform(), rustc_version())
+	format!("Parity/v{}-{}{}{}{}{}/{}/rustc{}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), THIS_TRACK, sha3_dash, sha3, date_dash, commit_date, platform(), rustc_version())
 }
 
 /// Get the standard version data for this software.
@@ -64,5 +72,5 @@ pub fn version_data() -> Bytes {
 
 /// Provide raw information on the package.
 pub fn raw_package_info() -> (&'static str, &'static str, &'static str) {
-	(env!["CARGO_PKG_VERSION_PRE"], env!["CARGO_PKG_VERSION"], sha())
+	(THIS_TRACK, env!["CARGO_PKG_VERSION"], sha())
 }
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