diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake-lx.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake-lx.yml
index 9849e0ee..4da17888 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake-lx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake-lx.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# github workflow to automate builds
+
 name: Linux build
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
@@ -18,17 +20,17 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     
-    - name: Fetch Git Tags
+    - name: Fetch Git tags
       run: |
         git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags
     
-    - name: Install Dependencies
+    - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y libmpg123-dev libvorbis-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libswresample-dev
         sudo apt-get install -y libao-dev audacious-dev libjansson-dev
 
-    - name: Create Build Environment
+    - name: Create build environment
       # Some projects don't allow in-source building, so create a separate build directory
       # We'll use this as our working directory for all subsequent commands
       run: cmake -E make_directory ${{runner.workspace}}/build
@@ -48,34 +50,35 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       # Execute the build.  You can specify a specific target with "--target <NAME>"
       run: cmake --build . --config $BUILD_TYPE
-        
-    - name: Upload CLI Tools Artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-      with:
-          path: |
-            ${{runner.workspace}}/build/cli/vgmstream_cli
-            ${{runner.workspace}}/build/cli/vgmstream123      
-          name: vgmstream_cli
-          
-    - name: Upload Audacious Plugin Artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-      with:
-          path: ${{runner.workspace}}/build/audacious/vgmstream.so
-          name: vgmstream-audacious
 
-    - name: Upload Artifacts to S3
-      if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-      working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-west-1
-          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}}
-          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}}
-      run: |
-        cd cli
-        tar cvfz vgmstream-cli.tar.gz vgmstream_cli vgmstream123
-        cd ../audacious
-        tar cvfz vgmstream-audacious.tar.gz vgmstream.so
-        cd ..
-        aws s3 cp cli/vgmstream-cli.tar.gz s3://vgmstream-builds/${{github.sha}}/linux/vgmstream-cli.tar.gz --acl public-read 
-        aws s3 cp audacious/vgmstream-audacious.tar.gz s3://vgmstream-builds/${{github.sha}}/linux/vgmstream-audacious.tar.gz --acl public-read
+    # not useful since sharing artifacts between Linux distros ain't fun
+    #- name: Upload CLI tools artifact
+    #  uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    #  with:
+    #      path: |
+    #        ${{runner.workspace}}/build/cli/vgmstream-cli
+    #        ${{runner.workspace}}/build/cli/vgmstream123      
+    #      name: vgmstream-cli
+
+    #- name: Upload Audacious plugin artifact
+    #  uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    #  with:
+    #      path: ${{runner.workspace}}/build/audacious/vgmstream.so
+    #      name: vgmstream-audacious
+
+    #- name: Upload artifacts to S3
+    #  if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+    #  working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+    #  shell: bash
+    #  env:
+    #      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-west-1
+    #      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}}
+    #      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}}
+    #  run: |
+    #    cd cli
+    #    tar cvfz vgmstream-cli.tar.gz vgmstream-cli vgmstream123
+    #    cd ../audacious
+    #    tar cvfz vgmstream-audacious.tar.gz vgmstream.so
+    #    cd ..
+    #    aws s3 cp cli/vgmstream-cli.tar.gz s3://vgmstream-builds/${{github.sha}}/linux/vgmstream-cli.tar.gz --acl public-read 
+    #    aws s3 cp audacious/vgmstream-audacious.tar.gz s3://vgmstream-builds/${{github.sha}}/linux/vgmstream-audacious.tar.gz --acl public-read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vs-win.yml b/.github/workflows/vs-win.yml
index de4a08c3..e4e3a2a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vs-win.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vs-win.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
+# github workflow to automate builds
 
 name: Windows build
 
diff --git a/msvc-build.ps1 b/msvc-build.ps1
index 5a8f486f..d412b862 100644
--- a/msvc-build.ps1
+++ b/msvc-build.ps1
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ $cliPdbFiles = @(
 
 function Package
 {
-    if(!(Test-Path "Release/test.exe")) { Build }
+    Build
 
     if(!(Test-Path "Release/test.exe")) {
         Write-Error "Unable to find binaries, check for compilation errors"