diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index dfab825..3672bea 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -64,15 +64,24 @@ cd $SCRIPT_DIR
 mkdir -p ${CACHE_DIR}
 mkdir -p ${EXE_DIR}
 
-title "Building linux-arm64 executable"
-build linux-arm64 || die "Failed to build linux-arm64 executable"
+BUILDSTR="amd64"
 
-title "Building linux-x86_64 executable"
-build linux-x86_64 || die "Failed to build linux-x86_64 executable"
+if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
+    BUILDSTR="$1"
+fi
 
-echo "Compile completed successfully!"
-echo "x86_64 executable: ./simple_object_storage-linux-x86_64" 
-echo "arm64 executable: ./simple_object_storage-linux-arm64" 
+if [ "$BUILDSTR" == "all" || "$BUILDSTR" == "arm64" ]; then
+    title "Building linux-arm64 executable"
+    build linux-arm64 || die "Failed to build linux-arm64 executable"
+    echo "arm64 executable: ./simple_object_storage-linux-arm64" 
+fi;
+
+if [ "$BUILDSTR" == "all" || "$BUILDSTR" == "amd64" ]; then
+    title "Building linux-x86_64 executable"
+    build linux-x86_64 || die "Failed to build linux-x86_64 executable"
+    mv ${EXE_DIR}/simple_object_storage-linux-x86_64 ${EXE_DIR}/simple_object_storage-linux-amd64
+    echo "amd64 executable: ./simple_object_storage-linux-amd64" 
+fi;
 
 echo "Build completed successfully!"
 
diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
index fe0995d..07cb041 100755
--- a/publish.sh
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -34,14 +34,12 @@ function die() {
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR
 
 # build the executables
-./build.sh
+./build.sh all
 
-# build the Docker image
-./build-docker.sh
 
 # push the Docker image to the registry
 
-if [ ! -f ${EXE_DIR}/simple_object_storage-linux-x86_64 ]; then
+if [ ! -f ${EXE_DIR}/simple_object_storage-linux-amd64 ]; then
     die "x86_64 executable not found"
 fi
 
@@ -49,19 +47,8 @@ if [ ! -f ${EXE_DIR}/simple_object_storage-linux-arm64 ]; then
     die "arm64 executable not found"
 fi
 
-# build the executables.
-./build.sh
-
-# use Docker architecture style
-cp ${EXE_DIR}/simple_object_storage-linux-x86_64 ${EXE_DIR}/simple_object_storage-linux-amd64 
-
-echo "amd64 executable: ./simple_object_storage-linux-amd64" 
-echo "arm64 executable: ./simple_object_storage-linux-arm64" 
-
 echo "Building multi-platform Docker image"
 docker buildx build --push -t gitea.jde.nz/public/simple-object-storage:latest --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 .
 
-rm ${EXE_DIR}/simple_object_storage-linux-amd64  
-
 echo "Build completed successfully!"