diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38ef969a6..58921ebe0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ How to [secure your setup](/doc/security/ssl.md).
   directory which will cause issues because then `yarn watch` will try to
   compile the build directory as well.
 - For now `@coder/nbin` is a global dependency.
-- Run `yarn build ${vscodeVersion} ${target} ${arch}`in this directory (for example:
-  `yarn build 1.35.0 linux x64`).
+- Run `yarn build ${codeServerVersion} ${vscodeVersion} ${target} ${arch}` in
+  this directory (for example: `yarn build development 1.35.0 linux x64`).
+- You can run the built code with `node path/to/build/out/vs/server/main.js` or run
+  `yarn binary` with the same arguments in the previous step to package the
+  code into a single binary.
 
 ## Development
 
diff --git a/scripts/ci.bash b/scripts/ci.bash
index 8d9300d0b..cacc30d27 100755
--- a/scripts/ci.bash
+++ b/scripts/ci.bash
@@ -1,41 +1,51 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# Build using a Docker container using the specified image and version.
+# Build using a Docker container.
 function docker-build() {
-	local image="${1}" ; shift
-	local version="${1}" ; shift
-	local vscodeVersion="${1}" ; shift
-	local target="${1}" ; shift
-	local arch="${1}" ; shift
-
 	local containerId
 	containerId=$(docker create --network=host --rm -it -v "$(pwd)"/.cache:/src/.cache "${image}")
 	docker start "${containerId}"
 	docker exec "${containerId}" mkdir -p /src
 
 	function docker-exec() {
-		docker exec "${containerId}" bash -c "$@"
+		local command="${1}" ; shift
+		local args="'${codeServerVersion}' '${vscodeVersion}' '${target}' '${arch}'"
+		docker exec "${containerId}" \
+			bash -c "cd /src && CI=true yarn ${command} ${args}"
 	}
 
 	docker cp ./. "${containerId}":/src
-	docker-exec "cd /src && CI=true yarn build \"${vscodeVersion}\" \"${target}\" \"${arch}\""
-	docker-exec "cd /src && CI=true yarn binary \"${vscodeVersion}\" \"${target}\" \"${arch}\""
-	docker-exec "cd /src && CI=true yarn package \"${vscodeVersion}\" \"${target}\" \"${arch}\" \"${version}\""
+	docker-exec build
+	docker-exec binary
+	docker-exec package
 	docker cp "${containerId}":/src/release/. ./release/
 
 	docker stop "${containerId}"
 }
 
+# Build locally.
+function local-build() {
+	function local-exec() {
+		local command="${1}" ; shift
+		CI=true yarn "${command}" \
+			"${codeServerVersion}" "${vscodeVersion}" "${target}" "${arch}"
+	}
+
+	local-exec build
+	local-exec binary
+	local-exec package
+}
+
 # Build code-server in the CI.
 function main() {
-	local version="${VERSION:-}"
+	local codeServerVersion="${VERSION:-}"
 	local vscodeVersion="${VSCODE_VERSION:-}"
 	local ostype="${OSTYPE:-}"
 	local target="${TARGET:-}"
 	local arch=x64
 
-	if [[ -z "${version}" ]] ; then
+	if [[ -z "${codeServerVersion}" ]] ; then
 		>&2 echo "Must set VERSION environment variable"; exit 1
 	fi
 
@@ -45,9 +55,7 @@ function main() {
 
 	if [[ "${ostype}" == "darwin"* ]]; then
 		target=darwin
-		CI=true yarn build "${vscodeVersion}" "${target}" "${arch}"
-		CI=true yarn binary "${vscodeVersion}" "${target}" "${arch}"
-		CI=true yarn package "${vscodeVersion}" "${target}" "${arch}" "${version}"
+		local-build
 	else
 		local image
 		if [[ "${target}" == alpine ]]; then
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ function main() {
 			image=codercom/nbin-centos
 			target=linux
 		fi
-		docker-build "${image}" "${version}" "${vscodeVersion}" "${target}" "${arch}"
+		docker-build
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/merge.js b/scripts/merge.js
index 61bfb7d4b..fb7ba13e4 100644
--- a/scripts/merge.js
+++ b/scripts/merge.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const a = process.argv[2];
 const b = process.argv[3];
 const out = process.argv[4];
+const json = JSON.parse(process.argv[5] || "{}");
 
 const aJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(a));
 const bJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(b));
@@ -15,4 +16,5 @@ delete aJson.optionalDependencies;
 fs.writeFileSync(out, JSON.stringify({
 	...aJson,
 	...bJson,
+	...json,
 }, null, 2));
diff --git a/scripts/nbin-loader.js b/scripts/nbin-loader.js
index 344e6b533..1fbd6e33c 100644
--- a/scripts/nbin-loader.js
+++ b/scripts/nbin-loader.js
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ if (!global.NBIN_LOADED) {
 		nbin.shimNativeFs("{{ROOT_PATH}}");
 		global.NBIN_LOADED = true;
 	} catch (error) {
-		console.log("Not in the binary");
+		// Not in the binary.
 	}
 }
diff --git a/scripts/tasks.bash b/scripts/tasks.bash
index 4f2c426cf..2d1106a56 100755
--- a/scripts/tasks.bash
+++ b/scripts/tasks.bash
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ function build-code-server() {
 	rm -rf "${codeServerBuildPath}"
 	mkdir -p "${codeServerBuildPath}"
 
+	local json="{\"codeServerVersion\": \"${codeServerVersion}\"}"
+
 	cp -r "${vscodeBuildPath}/resources/app/extensions" "${codeServerBuildPath}"
-	node "${rootPath}/scripts/merge.js" "${vscodeBuildPath}/resources/app/package.json" "${rootPath}/scripts/package.json" "${codeServerBuildPath}/package.json"
+	node "${rootPath}/scripts/merge.js" "${vscodeBuildPath}/resources/app/package.json" "${rootPath}/scripts/package.json" "${codeServerBuildPath}/package.json" "${json}"
 	node "${rootPath}/scripts/merge.js" "${vscodeBuildPath}/resources/app/product.json" "${rootPath}/scripts/product.json" "${codeServerBuildPath}/product.json"
 	cp -r "${vscodeSourcePath}/out" "${codeServerBuildPath}"
 	rm -rf "${codeServerBuildPath}/out/vs/server/node_modules"
@@ -187,12 +189,7 @@ function vstar-task() {
 }
 
 function package-task() {
-	local version="${1}" ; shift
-
-	log " version: ${version}"
-
-	local archiveName="code-server${version}-vsc${vscodeVersion}-${target}-${arch}"
-	local archivePath="${releasePath}/${archiveName}"
+	local archivePath="${releasePath}/${binaryName}"
 	rm -rf "${archivePath}"
 	mkdir -p "${archivePath}"
 
@@ -203,10 +200,10 @@ function package-task() {
 
 	cd "${releasePath}"
 	if [[ "${target}" == "linux" ]] ; then
-		tar -czf "${archiveName}.tar.gz" "${archiveName}"
+		tar -czf "${binaryName}.tar.gz" "${binaryName}"
 		log "Archive: ${archivePath}.tar.gz"
 	else
-		zip -r "${archiveName}.zip" "${archiveName}"
+		zip -r "${binaryName}.zip" "${binaryName}"
 		log "Archive: ${archivePath}.zip"
 	fi
 }
@@ -226,6 +223,7 @@ function binary-task() {
 
 function main() {
 	local task="${1}" ; shift
+	local codeServerVersion="${1}" ; shift
 	local vscodeVersion="${1}" ; shift
 	local target="${1}" ; shift
 	local arch="${1}" ; shift
@@ -262,13 +260,14 @@ function main() {
 	local vscodeSourcePath="${buildPath}/${vscodeSourceName}"
 	local vscodeBuildPath="${buildPath}/${vscodeBuildName}"
 
-	local codeServerBuildName="code-server-${vscodeVersion}-${target}-${arch}-built"
+	local codeServerBuildName="code-server${codeServerVersion}-vsc${vscodeVersion}-${target}-${arch}-built"
 	local codeServerBuildPath="${buildPath}/${codeServerBuildName}"
-	local binaryName="code-server-${vscodeVersion}-${target}-${arch}"
+	local binaryName="code-server${codeServerVersion}-vsc${vscodeVersion}-${target}-${arch}"
 
 	log "Running ${task} task"
 	log " rootPath: ${rootPath}"
 	log " outPath: ${outPath}"
+	log " codeServerVersion: ${codeServerVersion}"
 	log " vscodeVersion: ${vscodeVersion}"
 	log " target: ${target}"
 	log " arch: ${arch}"