diff --git a/API.Tests/Services/MetadataServiceTests.cs b/API.Tests/Services/MetadataServiceTests.cs
index 3f550f80a..796201538 100644
--- a/API.Tests/Services/MetadataServiceTests.cs
+++ b/API.Tests/Services/MetadataServiceTests.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ namespace API.Tests.Services
             }, false, false));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldUpdateCoverImage_OnFirstRunSeries()
+        {
+            // Represents first run
+            Assert.True(MetadataService.ShouldUpdateCoverImage(null,null, false, false));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void ShouldUpdateCoverImage_OnSecondRun_FileModified()
         {
diff --git a/API/API.csproj b/API/API.csproj
index 7d2707e28..c49d3eb28 100644
--- a/API/API.csproj
+++ b/API/API.csproj
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Kavita.Common\Kavita.Common.csproj" />
-    <Content Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' " Include="appsettings.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   
diff --git a/API/Services/MetadataService.cs b/API/Services/MetadataService.cs
index 2db52fe3f..fe2a27172 100644
--- a/API/Services/MetadataService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/MetadataService.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using API.Comparators;
@@ -37,11 +36,6 @@ namespace API.Services
             _imageService = imageService;
         }
 
-        private static bool IsCoverImageSet(byte[] coverImage, bool forceUpdate = false)
-        {
-            return forceUpdate || HasCoverImage(coverImage);
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Determines whether an entity should regenerate cover image
         /// </summary>
@@ -104,7 +98,8 @@ namespace API.Services
         /// <param name="forceUpdate">Force updating cover image even if underlying file has not been modified or chapter already has a cover image</param>
         public void UpdateMetadata(Volume volume, bool forceUpdate)
         {
-            if (volume == null || !IsCoverImageSet(volume.CoverImage, forceUpdate)) return;
+            if (volume == null || !ShouldUpdateCoverImage(volume.CoverImage, null, forceUpdate
+                , false)) return;
 
             volume.Chapters ??= new List<Chapter>();
             var firstChapter = volume.Chapters.OrderBy(x => double.Parse(x.Number), _chapterSortComparer).FirstOrDefault();
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 496db0002..a1d36ee56 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 #Creates the data directory
 RUN mkdir /kavita/data
 
-RUN cp /kavita/appsettings.Development.json /kavita/appsettings.json \
-  && sed -i 's/Data source=kavita.db/Data source=data\/kavita.db/g' /kavita/appsettings.json
+RUN sed -i 's/Data source=kavita.db/Data source=data\/kavita.db/g' /kavita/appsettings.json
 
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 
diff --git a/Kavita.Common/Kavita.Common.csproj b/Kavita.Common/Kavita.Common.csproj
index c1b0f91a7..5b68eb51a 100644
--- a/Kavita.Common/Kavita.Common.csproj
+++ b/Kavita.Common/Kavita.Common.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
         <Company>kavitareader.com</Company>
         <Product>Kavita</Product>
-        <AssemblyVersion>0.4.4.3</AssemblyVersion>
+        <AssemblyVersion>0.4.4.4</AssemblyVersion>
         <NeutralLanguage>en</NeutralLanguage>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 9aa3b0239..ccecbd597 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#! /bin/bash
 set -e
 
 outputFolder='_output'
 
+CheckRequirements()
+{
+    if ! command -v npm &> /dev/null
+    then
+        echo "Warning!!! npm not found, it is required for building Kavita!"
+    fi
+    if ! command -v dotnet &> /dev/null
+    then
+        echo "Warning!!! dotnet not found, it is required for building Kavita!"
+    fi
+}
+
 ProgressStart()
 {
     echo "Start '$1'"
@@ -55,7 +67,8 @@ BuildUI()
     echo 'Building UI'
     npm run prod
     echo 'Copying back to Kavita wwwroot'
-    cp -r dist/* ../../API/wwwroot
+    mkdir -p ../../API/wwwroot
+    cp -R dist/* ../../API/wwwroot
     cd ../../ || exit
     ProgressEnd 'Building UI'
 }
@@ -75,7 +88,7 @@ Package()
     dotnet publish -c Release --self-contained --runtime $runtime -o "$lOutputFolder" --framework $framework
 
     echo "Recopying wwwroot due to bug"
-    cp -r ./wwwroot/* $lOutputFolder/wwwroot
+    cp -R ./wwwroot/* $lOutputFolder/wwwroot
 
     echo "Copying Install information"
     cp ../INSTALL.txt "$lOutputFolder"/README.txt
@@ -84,7 +97,13 @@ Package()
     cp ../LICENSE "$lOutputFolder"/LICENSE.txt
 
     echo "Renaming API -> Kavita"
-    mv "$lOutputFolder"/API "$lOutputFolder"/Kavita
+
+    if [ $runtime == "win-x64" ] || [ $runtime == "win-x86" ]
+    then
+        mv "$lOutputFolder"/API.exe "$lOutputFolder"/Kavita.exe
+    else
+        mv "$lOutputFolder"/API "$lOutputFolder"/Kavita
+    fi
 
     echo "Creating tar"
     cd ../$outputFolder/"$runtime"/
@@ -101,6 +120,7 @@ Package()
 
 RID="$1"
 
+CheckRequirements
 BuildUI
 Build