diff --git a/scripts/package-dist.js b/scripts/package-dist.js
index 17c7832..e565a2b 100644
--- a/scripts/package-dist.js
+++ b/scripts/package-dist.js
@@ -8,58 +8,51 @@ import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./package.json', 'utf8'));
 const version = packageJson.version;
 
-console.log(`📦 Building dist folder for version ${version}...`);
-
-// Run the build command
-try {
-  execSync('npm run build', { stdio: 'inherit' });
-  console.log('✅ Build completed successfully');
-} catch (error) {
-  console.error('❌ Build failed:', error.message);
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-// Package the dist folder into a zip file
 import { createWriteStream, existsSync } from 'fs';
-import { pipeline } from 'stream';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
 import archiver from 'archiver';
 
-const distDir = path.resolve('./dist');
-const zipPath = path.resolve(`./dist-${version}.zip`);
+function buildAndZip(label, envVars, zipName) {
+  console.log(`📦 Building ${label} dist for version ${version}...`);
 
-// Check if dist directory exists
-if (!existsSync(distDir)) {
-  console.error('❌ dist directory does not exist. Please run build first.');
-  process.exit(1);
+  try {
+    execSync(`${envVars} npm run build`, { stdio: 'inherit', shell: true });
+    console.log(`✅ ${label} build completed successfully`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`❌ ${label} build failed:`, error.message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const distDir = path.resolve('./dist');
+  const zipPath = path.resolve(zipName);
+
+  if (!existsSync(distDir)) {
+    console.error('❌ dist directory does not exist.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const output = createWriteStream(zipPath);
+    const archive = archiver('zip', { zlib: { level: 9 } });
+
+    output.on('close', () => {
+      console.log(`✅ Created ${zipPath} (${archive.pointer()} bytes)`);
+      resolve();
+    });
+
+    archive.on('error', (err) => {
+      console.error('❌ Error creating zip:', err);
+      reject(err);
+    });
+
+    archive.pipe(output);
+    archive.directory(distDir, false);
+    archive.finalize();
+  });
 }
 
-// Create a write stream for the zip file
-const output = createWriteStream(zipPath);
-const archive = archiver('zip', {
-  zlib: { level: 9 } // Maximum compression
-});
-
-// Event listener for when the archive is finished
-output.on('close', () => {
-  console.log(`✅ Successfully created ${zipPath}. Total bytes: ${archive.pointer()}`);
-});
-
-// Event listener for errors
-archive.on('error', (err) => {
-  console.error('❌ Error creating zip:', err);
-  process.exit(1);
-});
-
-// Pipe the archive to the file
-archive.pipe(output);
-
-// Append the dist directory to the archive
-archive.directory(distDir, false);
-
-// Finalize the archive
-archive.finalize();
-
-output.on('close', () => {
-  console.log(`✅ Successfully created ${zipPath}. Total bytes: ${archive.pointer()}`);
-});
+await buildAndZip('Full mode', '', `dist-${version}.zip`);
+await buildAndZip(
+  'Simple mode',
+  'SIMPLE_MODE=true',
+  `dist-simple-${version}.zip`
+);
diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 5824d20..37d840a 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -98,12 +98,10 @@ function main() {
   console.log(`🎉 Release v${newVersion} complete!`);
   console.log(`📦 Docker image: bentopdfteam/bentopdf:${newVersion}`);
   console.log(`📦 Distribution: dist-${newVersion}.zip`);
+  console.log(`📦 Distribution (simple): dist-simple-${newVersion}.zip`);
   console.log(
     `🏷️  GitHub release: https://github.com/alam00000/bentopdf/releases/tag/${tagName}`
   );
-  console.log(
-    `💡 Download dist-${newVersion}.zip from the release page for self-hosting.`
-  );
 }
 
 main();