diff --git a/sleepyhead/scripts/build_number b/sleepyhead/scripts/build_number
deleted file mode 100644
index abac1ea7..00000000
--- a/sleepyhead/scripts/build_number
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-47
diff --git a/sleepyhead/scripts/inc_build.sh b/sleepyhead/scripts/inc_build.sh
index b0d3da14..11a33451 100755
--- a/sleepyhead/scripts/inc_build.sh
+++ b/sleepyhead/scripts/inc_build.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
 MY_PATH="`dirname \"$0\"`"
-if [ ! -f "$MY_PATH/ReleaseMode" ]
+if [ -f "$MY_PATH/build_number" ]
 then
-	echo "Skipping build number update"
-	exit;
-fi
-echo "Updating build number"
 number=`cat $MY_PATH/build_number`
-let number++
-echo "$number" > $MY_PATH/build_number
-echo "const int build_number = ""$number;" | tee $MY_PATH/../build_number.h
+else
+number=0
+fi
+
+if [ ! "$1" == "release" ]
+then
+	echo "Updating build number"
+	let number++
+	echo "$number" > $MY_PATH/build_number
+	echo "const int build_number = ""$number;" | tee $MY_PATH/../build_number.h
+else
+	echo "Skipping build number update"
+    # But create anyway if it doesn't exist
+	if [ ! -f $MY_PATH/../build_number.h ]
+	then
+        echo "const int build_number = ""$number;" | tee $MY_PATH/../build_number.h
+	fi	
+fi
diff --git a/sleepyhead/sleepyhead.pro b/sleepyhead/sleepyhead.pro
index 1eb6ae3c..1776d323 100644
--- a/sleepyhead/sleepyhead.pro
+++ b/sleepyhead/sleepyhead.pro
@@ -100,15 +100,17 @@ win32 {
 }
 
 unix {
-     CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
-        # Update build number
-        build_nr.commands = $$PWD/scripts/inc_build.sh
-        build_nr.depends = FORCE
-        QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += build_nr
-        PRE_TARGETDEPS += build_nr
-
-        HEADERS  += build_number.h
+    # Update build number
+    CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
+        build_nr.commands = $$PWD/scripts/inc_build.sh release
+    } else {
+        build_nr.commands = $$PWD/scripts/inc_build.sh debug
     }
+    build_nr.depends = FORCE
+    QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += build_nr
+    PRE_TARGETDEPS += build_nr
+
+    HEADERS  += build_number.h
 }
 
 #include(..3rdparty/qextserialport/src/qextserialport.pri)