diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb1a5c5d..1f5dc80a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -140,4 +140,4 @@ frontend/package-lock.json
 
 .vscode
 
-.metals
\ No newline at end of file
+.metals
diff --git a/frontend/.gitignore b/frontend/.gitignore
index 52a95b8e..51e719a6 100644
--- a/frontend/.gitignore
+++ b/frontend/.gitignore
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ yarn-error.log*
 .vercel
 ../synbiohub-docker/
 
-commitHash.txt
+**/commitHash.txt
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index b7d66800..58d96e24 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider node customDev.js",
-    "dev1": "node customDev.js",
-    "build": "next build",
+    "dev": "git rev-parse HEAD > ./public/commitHash.txt; next dev -p 3333",
+    "devNextGen": "git rev-parse HEAD > ./public/commitHash.txt; NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider next dev -p 3333",
+    "build": "git rev-parse HEAD > ./public/commitHash.txt; next build",
+    "buildNextGen": "git rev-parse HEAD > ./public/commitHash.txt; NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider next build",
+    "testbuild": "NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider next build",
     "start": "next start -p 3333",
     "lint": "eslint '*/**/*.{js,jsx}'",
     "lint.fix": "eslint '*/**/*.{js,jsx}' --fix",
diff --git a/frontend/public/commitHash.txt b/frontend/public/commitHash.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index dc834d79..00000000
--- a/frontend/public/commitHash.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8d2d9889e729ae9f379eb2de65b06d333f4c7ec0
\ No newline at end of file