diff --git a/code/bin/build-mac.sh b/code/bin/build-mac-dev.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 89%
rename from code/bin/build-mac.sh
rename to code/bin/build-mac-dev.sh
index adae8015..baebf4c5
--- a/code/bin/build-mac.sh
+++ b/code/bin/build-mac-dev.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ BIN_ROOT="$SRC_ROOT/bin"
 CUSTOM_ROOT="$SRC_ROOT/custom"
 CUSTOM_BIN="$CUSTOM_ROOT/bin"
 
-# Get the build mode
-BUILD_MODE="$1"
-if [ -z "$BUILD_MODE" ]; then
-    BUILD_MODE="-DDEV_BUILD"
-fi
+BUILD_MODE="-DDEV_BUILD"
 
 WARNINGS="-Wno-write-strings -Wno-comment -Wno-null-dereference -Wno-logical-op-parentheses -Wno-switch"
 
diff --git a/code/bin/build-mac-release.sh b/code/bin/build-mac-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d15ac2c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/bin/build-mac-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# If any command errors, stop the script
+set -e
+
+# Set up directories
+# NOTE(yuval): Replaced readlink with realpath which works for both macOS and Linux
+ME="$(realpath "$0")"
+LOCATION="$(dirname "$ME")"
+SRC_ROOT="$(dirname "$LOCATION")"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(dirname "$SRC_ROOT")"
+if [ ! -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/build" ]; then
+mkdir "$PROJECT_ROOT/build"
+fi
+BUILD_ROOT="$PROJECT_ROOT/build"
+BIN_ROOT="$SRC_ROOT/bin"
+CUSTOM_ROOT="$SRC_ROOT/custom"
+CUSTOM_BIN="$CUSTOM_ROOT/bin"
+
+BUILD_MODE="-DOPT_BUILD"
+
+WARNINGS="-Wno-write-strings -Wno-comment -Wno-null-dereference -Wno-logical-op-parentheses -Wno-switch"
+
+FLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fpermissive $BUILD_MODE"
+INCLUDES="-I$SRC_ROOT -I$CUSTOM_ROOT"
+
+# Execute
+clang++ $WARNINGS $FLAGS $INCLUDES "$BIN_ROOT/4ed_build.cpp" -g -o "$BUILD_ROOT/build"
+pushd "$SRC_ROOT"
+"$BUILD_ROOT/build"
+popd