diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92dc3490..5a1246e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ The actual release artifacts will then be built by the tauri action `tauri-apps/
 Remember, the `npm run _ci-*` commands are designed to execute in the GitHub Actions environment.
 They're not typically used for local machine executions unless you're working on or testing the GitHub Actions workflows themselves.
 
+### Building the demo app
+If you dont want to build phcode and just build a demo app with similar config as phcode(You may do this
+if you are working on the release generation or build tooling and don't want to wait for phcode to build
+every time you want to test the build). Just run this command:
+
+```bash
+npm run tauriBuildDemoApp
+```
+
 # License
 
 GNU AGPL-3.0 License
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aadab5ed..70a0cef1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "type": "module",
     "scripts": {
         "tauri": "tauri",
-        "build": "",
+        "tauriBuildDemoApp": "node src-build/createDemoReleaseConfig.js && tauri build --config ./src-tauri/tauri-local.conf.json",
         "_createSrcReleaseConfig": "node src-build/createSrcReleaseConfig.js",
         "_createDistReleaseConfig": "node src-build/createDistReleaseConfig.js",
         "_createDistTestReleaseConfig": "node src-build/createDistTestReleaseConfig.js",
diff --git a/src-build/createDemoReleaseConfig.js b/src-build/createDemoReleaseConfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fb49169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-build/createDemoReleaseConfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import {fileURLToPath} from "url";
+import {dirname} from "path";
+import fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+
+import {getPlatformDetails} from "./utils.js";
+import chalk from "chalk";
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+
+async function createSrcReleaseConfig() {
+    const platform = getPlatformDetails().platform;
+    const tauriConfigPath = (platform === "win") ? `${__dirname}\\..\\src-tauri\\tauri.conf.json`
+        : `${__dirname}/../src-tauri/tauri.conf.json`;
+    const tauriLocalConfigPath = (platform === "win") ? `${__dirname}\\..\\src-tauri\\tauri-local.conf.json`
+        : `${__dirname}/../src-tauri/tauri-local.conf.json`;
+    console.log("Reading config file: ", tauriConfigPath);
+    let configJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(tauriConfigPath));
+    console.log(chalk.cyan("\n!Creating the demo app!\n"));
+    configJson.tauri.bundle.resources = []; // no resources packaged in demo app
+    console.log("Writing new local config json ", tauriLocalConfigPath);
+    fs.writeFileSync(tauriLocalConfigPath, JSON.stringify(configJson, null, 4));
+}
+
+await createSrcReleaseConfig();