diff --git a/desktop/build.js b/desktop/build.js
index d0e6f3b77..8bdf92b2c 100644
--- a/desktop/build.js
+++ b/desktop/build.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ async function main() {
 	}
 
 	const versionPlaceholder = args[0]
-	const renameDistFiles = args[1] || false
+	const renameDistFiles = args[1] === 'true' || false
 	const frontendSourceDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../frontend/dist')
 	const frontendDir = path.resolve(__dirname, 'frontend')
 	const indexFilePath = path.join(frontendDir, 'index.html')