diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9a0bf1356..8e0be61c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ jobs:
           profile: minimal
       - name: Build on Rust ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
         run: cargo build --verbose --color always
-      - name: Check formatting
+      - name: Check release build on Rust ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
+        run: cargo check --release --verbose --color always
+      - name: Check formatting on Rust ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
         if: matrix.check-fmt
         run: rustup component add rustfmt && cargo fmt --all -- --check
       - name: Test on Rust ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
diff --git a/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate.sh b/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate.sh
index 2fcd46b88..0658cabdb 100755
--- a/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate.sh
+++ b/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-source ./scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_kotlin.sh
-source ./scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_python.sh
-source ./scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_swift.sh
+source ./scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_kotlin.sh || exit 1
+source ./scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_python.sh || exit 1
+source ./scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_swift.sh || exit 1
 
diff --git a/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_kotlin.sh b/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_kotlin.sh
index bd8410c13..84d5e3534 100755
--- a/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_kotlin.sh
+++ b/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_kotlin.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-BINDINGS_DIR="./bindings/kotlin"
-TARGET_DIR="./target/bindings/kotlin"
+BINDINGS_DIR="bindings/kotlin"
+TARGET_DIR="target/bindings/kotlin"
 PROJECT_DIR="ldk-node-jvm"
 PACKAGE_DIR="org/lightningdevkit/ldknode"
 UNIFFI_BINDGEN_BIN="cargo run --features=uniffi/cli --bin uniffi-bindgen"
 
-cargo build --target aarch64-apple-darwin
-$UNIFFI_BINDGEN_BIN generate bindings/ldk_node.udl --language kotlin -o "$TARGET_DIR"
+#rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
+#cargo build --target aarch64-apple-darwin || exit 1
+cargo build --release || exit 1
+$UNIFFI_BINDGEN_BIN generate bindings/ldk_node.udl --language kotlin -o "$TARGET_DIR" || exit 1
 
-mkdir -p "$BINDINGS_DIR"/"$PROJECT_DIR"/lib/src/main/kotlin/"$PACKAGE_DIR"
-mkdir -p "$BINDINGS_DIR"/"$PROJECT_DIR"/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-aarch64/
+mkdir -p "$BINDINGS_DIR"/"$PROJECT_DIR"/lib/src/main/kotlin/"$PACKAGE_DIR" || exit 1
+mkdir -p "$BINDINGS_DIR"/"$PROJECT_DIR"/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-aarch64/ || exit 1
 
-cp "$TARGET_DIR"/"$PACKAGE_DIR"/ldk_node.kt "$BINDINGS_DIR"/"$PROJECT_DIR"/lib/src/main/kotlin/"$PACKAGE_DIR"/
-cp ./target/aarch64-apple-darwin/debug/libldk_node.dylib "$BINDINGS_DIR"/"$PROJECT_DIR"/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-aarch64/libldk_node.dylib
+cp "$TARGET_DIR"/"$PACKAGE_DIR"/ldk_node.kt "$BINDINGS_DIR"/"$PROJECT_DIR"/lib/src/main/kotlin/"$PACKAGE_DIR"/ || exit 1
+#cp ./target/aarch64-apple-darwin/debug/libldk_node.dylib "$BINDINGS_DIR"/"$PROJECT_DIR"/lib/src/main/resources/darwin-aarch64/libldk_node.dylib || exit 1
+cp target/release/libldk_node.dylib "$BINDINGS_DIR"/"$PROJECT_DIR"/lib/src/main/resources/libldk_node.dylib || exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_swift.sh b/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_swift.sh
index 4eef432d7..d821581e2 100755
--- a/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_swift.sh
+++ b/scripts/uniffi_bindgen_generate_swift.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 BINDINGS_DIR="./bindings/swift"
 UNIFFI_BINDGEN_BIN="cargo run --features=uniffi/cli --bin uniffi-bindgen"
 
-cargo build --release
-$UNIFFI_BINDGEN_BIN generate bindings/ldk_node.udl --language swift -o "$BINDINGS_DIR"
+cargo build --release || exit 1
+$UNIFFI_BINDGEN_BIN generate bindings/ldk_node.udl --language swift -o "$BINDINGS_DIR" || exit 1
 
 mkdir -p $BINDINGS_DIR