diff --git a/app/android/react-native-passport-reader/android/build.gradle b/app/android/react-native-passport-reader/android/build.gradle
index 8616194f7..82b6d8d03 100644
--- a/app/android/react-native-passport-reader/android/build.gradle
+++ b/app/android/react-native-passport-reader/android/build.gradle
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ cargo {
     // targets = ["arm", "x86"]  // failing
     targets = ["arm64", "darwin-aarch64"]  // Those work
     apiLevel = 29
-    profile = 'debug'
+    profile = 'release'
 }
diff --git a/app/scripts/build_rust.sh b/app/scripts/build_rust.sh
index 5db04285e..3ff89a304 100755
--- a/app/scripts/build_rust.sh
+++ b/app/scripts/build_rust.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ cd ../android
 cd ..
 
 mkdir -p android/react-native-passport-reader/android/src/main/jniLibs/arm64/
-if [ -f "ark-circom-passport/target/aarch64-linux-android/release/libark_circom_passport.so" ]; then
+# if [ -f "ark-circom-passport/target/aarch64-linux-android/release/libark_circom_passport.so" ]; then
   echo copied release version
   cp ark-circom-passport/target/aarch64-linux-android/release/libark_circom_passport.so android/react-native-passport-reader/android/src/main/jniLibs/arm64/
-elif [ -f "ark-circom-passport/target/aarch64-linux-android/debug/libark_circom_passport.so" ]; then
-  echo copied debug version
-  cp ark-circom-passport/target/aarch64-linux-android/debug/libark_circom_passport.so android/react-native-passport-reader/android/src/main/jniLibs/arm64/
-fi
+# elif [ -f "ark-circom-passport/target/aarch64-linux-android/debug/libark_circom_passport.so" ]; then
+  # echo copied debug version
+  # cp ark-circom-passport/target/aarch64-linux-android/debug/libark_circom_passport.so android/react-native-passport-reader/android/src/main/jniLibs/arm64/
+# fi