diff --git a/dotnet/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener.csproj b/dotnet/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener.csproj
index 3678b9df..a83f7b4c 100644
--- a/dotnet/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
   <Target Name="CopyGtk" AfterTargets="Publish" Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == 'win-x64'">
     <ItemGroup>
+      <!-- todo: try to exclude more unused files to reduce final app size -->
       <GtkFiles Include="$(LocalAppData)/Gtk/$(GtkSharpVersion)/**/*"
                 Exclude="$(LocalAppData)/Gtk/$(GtkSharpVersion)/gtk.zip"/>
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5694690d..6b043bba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "electron-serve": "concurrently \"npm run electron-tsc && ng serve\" \"wait-on tcp:4200 && electron . --serve\"",
     "electron-tsc": "copy-files-from-to && tsc -p tsconfig.electron.json",
     "electron-forge-make": "npm run dotnet-publish-listener && npm run electron-tsc && ng build && electron-forge make",
-    "dotnet-publish-listener": "dotnet publish ./dotnet/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true --output ./dist/dotnet",
+    "dotnet-publish-listener": "@powershell ./scripts/publish-listener.ps1 -RuntimeIdentifier win-x64 -Version 4.0.0",
     "outdated": "npm outdated",
     "update-packages": "npm update --save",
     "ng": "ng",
diff --git a/scripts/publish-listener.ps1 b/scripts/publish-listener.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91008d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/publish-listener.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+param (
+  [string] $RuntimeIdentifier,
+  [string] $Version
+)
+
+dotnet publish ./dotnet/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener/JustClipboardManager.ClipboardListener.csproj `
+  -c Release `
+  -r $RuntimeIdentifier `
+  --self-contained `
+  --output ./dist/dotnet `
+  --nologo `
+  /p:Version=$Version