diff --git a/build_scripts/appimage/appimage.sh b/build_scripts/appimage/appimage.sh
index e7064f0cc..e81291dd0 100755
--- a/build_scripts/appimage/appimage.sh
+++ b/build_scripts/appimage/appimage.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ setup_build_dir() {
   local agent_binary_dir=$1
   local monkey_repo=$2
   local deployment_type=$3
+  local is_release_build=$4
 
   pushd $APPIMAGE_DIR
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ setup_build_dir() {
   install_mongodb
 
   generate_ssl_cert "$BUILD_DIR"
-  build_frontend "$BUILD_DIR"
+  build_frontend "$BUILD_DIR" "$is_release_build"
 
   remove_python_appdir_artifacts
 
diff --git a/build_scripts/build_package.sh b/build_scripts/build_package.sh
index aee36de6a..88f24b4fc 100755
--- a/build_scripts/build_package.sh
+++ b/build_scripts/build_package.sh
@@ -196,8 +196,13 @@ fi
 install_build_prereqs
 install_package_specific_build_prereqs "$WORKSPACE"
 
+is_release_build=false
+# Monkey version is empty on release build
+if [ ! -z "$monkey_version" ]; then
+    is_release_build=true
+fi
 
-setup_build_dir "$agent_binary_dir" "$monkey_repo" "$deployment_type"
+setup_build_dir "$agent_binary_dir" "$monkey_repo" "$deployment_type" "$is_release_build"
 commit_id=$(get_commit_id "$monkey_repo")
 build_package "$monkey_version" "$commit_id" "$DIST_DIR"
 
diff --git a/build_scripts/common.sh b/build_scripts/common.sh
index abeef5f0d..7c222b8a5 100644
--- a/build_scripts/common.sh
+++ b/build_scripts/common.sh
@@ -74,11 +74,18 @@ generate_ssl_cert() {
 
 build_frontend() {
   local ui_dir="$1/monkey_island/cc/ui"
+  local is_release_build=$2
   pushd "$ui_dir" || handle_error
 
   log_message "Generating front end"
   npm ci
-  npm run dist
+  if [ "$is_release_build" == true ]; then
+    log_message "Running production front end build"
+    npm run dist
+  else
+    log_message "Running development front end build"
+    npm run dev
+  fi
 
   popd || handle_error
 
diff --git a/build_scripts/docker/docker.sh b/build_scripts/docker/docker.sh
index 42004f8f7..e0bd31b5d 100755
--- a/build_scripts/docker/docker.sh
+++ b/build_scripts/docker/docker.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ install_package_specific_build_prereqs() {
 setup_build_dir() {
   local agent_binary_dir=$1
   local monkey_repo=$2
+  local is_release_build=$4
   local build_dir=$DOCKER_DIR/monkey
 
   mkdir "$build_dir"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ setup_build_dir() {
 
   generate_ssl_cert "$build_dir"
 
-  build_frontend "$build_dir"
+  build_frontend "$build_dir" "$is_release_build"
 }
 
 copy_entrypoint_to_build_dir() {