diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildNative.yml b/.github/workflows/buildNative.yml
index 2eb8b9481..f704bdf5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildNative.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildNative.yml
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ jobs:
                     cache: 'maven'
                     github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-            -   name: "Install all with Maven"
+            - name: "Install all with Maven"
 
-                run: mvn --batch-mode clean install -DskipTests -T 1C
+                run: mvn --batch-mode clean install -pl !org.nzbhydra:linux-release,!org.nzbhydra:windows-release,!org.nzbhydra:generic-release -DskipTests -T 1C
             -   name: "Run unit tests"
                 run: mvn --batch-mode test -T 1C -pl !org.nzbhydra:tests,!org.nzbhydra.tests:system --fail-at-end
 
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index b85a2a86f..fedcf572c 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       </list>
     </option>
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="graalvm-17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/changelog.yaml b/core/src/main/resources/changelog.yaml
index 1f9760053..fd58f0f1c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/changelog.yaml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/changelog.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   changes:
     - type: "feature"
       text: "Include service scripts for windows and linux in generic release"
+    - type: "feature"
+      text: "The previously compiled binaries did not start on all linux distros. I switched to an older distro to compile the binary so it hopefully is also runnable on older distros."
   final: true
 - version: "v5.0.4"
   date: "2023-01-22"
diff --git a/misc/build-and-release.ps1 b/misc/build-and-release.ps1
index 9f8c28105..673cd3d0c 100644
--- a/misc/build-and-release.ps1
+++ b/misc/build-and-release.ps1
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ if (-not $?) {
     exit 1
 }
 
-Read-Host -Prompt "nzbhydra.exe didn't work before. Have you made sure it works?"
-
 Write-Host "Generating changelog"
 exec { mvn -q -B org.nzbhydra:github-release-plugin:3.0.0:generate-changelog }
 if (-not $?) {
@@ -166,6 +164,12 @@ if (-not $?) {
     exit 1
 }
 
+$genericVersion = java -jar releases/generic-release/include/core-$version-exec.jar -version
+if ($genericVersion -ne $version) {
+    Write-Error "Generic version $version expected but is $genericVersion"
+    exit 1
+}
+
 Write-Host "Building windows executable"
 try {
     .\buildCore.cmd
@@ -181,13 +185,8 @@ if ($windowsVersion -ne $version) {
     exit 1
 }
 
-$genericVersion = java -jar releases/generic-release/include/core-$version-exec.jar -version
-if ($genericVersion -ne $version) {
-    Write-Error "Generic version $version expected but is $genericVersion"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-Read-Host -Prompt "Wait for build to finish on pipeline. Copy linux executable to include folder. Press enter to continue"
+Write-Host "Building linux executable"
+wsl -d Ubuntu -- sh -c ./misc/buildLinuxCore/buildLinuxCore.sh
 
 $linuxVersion = wsl -d Ubuntu releases/linux-release/include/core -version
 if ($linuxVersion -ne $version) {
diff --git a/misc/buildLinuxCore/buildDockerImage.sh b/misc/buildLinuxCore/buildDockerImage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3b4eff10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/buildLinuxCore/buildDockerImage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Builds the docker image which is used to build the linux core executable
+
+docker build -t hydrabuild .
diff --git a/misc/buildLinuxCore/buildInContainer.sh b/misc/buildLinuxCore/buildInContainer.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11bfde12c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/buildLinuxCore/buildInContainer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#Is run in the docker image to actually build the linux executable
+
+cd /nzbhydra2 || exit
+mvn --batch-mode clean install -pl \!org.nzbhydra:linux-release,\!org.nzbhydra:windows-release,\!org.nzbhydra:generic-release -DskipTests -T 1C
+mvn -pl org.nzbhydra:core -Pnative clean native:compile -DskipTests
+/upx-4.0.1-amd64_linux/upx -3 core/target/core
diff --git a/misc/buildLinuxCore/buildLinuxCore.sh b/misc/buildLinuxCore/buildLinuxCore.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a8769034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/buildLinuxCore/buildLinuxCore.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Prepares and runs the docker container to build the core executable
+
+if [[ ! -d "${PWD}/core" ]] ; then
+  echo "${PWD}/core not found "
+  return
+fi
+
+echo rsync -rvu --exclude "target" --exclude "bower_components" --exclude "node_modules" --exclude ".git" --exclude ".idea" --exclude "results" --exclude "*.db" --exclude "venv*" ${PWD}/ ~/nzbhydra2/
+
+docker run -v ~/nzbhydra2/:/nzbhydra2:rw -v ~/.m2/repository:/root/.m2/repository:rw --rm hydrabuild:latest
+if [[ ! -f ~/nzbhydra2/core/target/core ]] ; then
+  echo "core executable does not exist"
+else
+  cp ~/nzbhydra2/core/target/core ${PWD}/core/target/
+  cp ~/nzbhydra2/core/target/core ${PWD}/releases/linux-release/include/
+fi
diff --git a/misc/buildLinuxCore/dockerfile b/misc/buildLinuxCore/dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..025b8ddf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/buildLinuxCore/dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# alpine doesn't work because we need libgc for the native image
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+# See https://octopus.com/blog/using-ubuntu-docker-image
+RUN echo 'APT::Install-Suggests "0";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00-docker
+RUN echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00-docker
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install -y zip unzip wget curl libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev build-essential ca-certificates
+RUN wget -nv --no-check-certificate https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.8.7/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.7-bin.tar.gz -P /tmp
+
+RUN tar xf /tmp/apache-maven-*.tar.gz -C /opt
+RUN ln -s /opt/apache-maven-3.8.7 /opt/maven
+ENV M2_HOME=/opt/maven
+ENV MAVEN_HOME=/opt/maven
+ENV PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
+
+RUN wget -nv --no-check-certificate https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases/download/vm-22.3.0/graalvm-ce-java17-linux-amd64-22.3.0.tar.gz
+RUN tar xzf graalvm-ce-java17-linux-amd64-22.3.0.tar.gz -C /
+ENV PATH=/graalvm-ce-java17-22.3.0/bin/:$PATH
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/graalvm-ce-java17-22.3.0
+
+RUN wget -nv --no-check-certificate https://github.com/upx/upx/releases/download/v4.0.1/upx-4.0.1-amd64_linux.tar.xz
+RUN tar -xf upx-4.0.1-amd64_linux.tar.xz
+ENV PATH=/tmp/upx-4.0.1-amd64_linux/:$PATH
+
+ENV HYDRA_NATIVE_BUILD=true
+
+COPY buildInContainer.sh /
+
+ENTRYPOINT /buildInContainer.sh
+
+# To debug docker run --rm -it --entrypoint bash hydrabuild
+# or for a running container docker exec -it <container-name-or-id> bash
diff --git a/misc/rsyncAndStartGraalvmDocker.sh b/misc/rsyncAndStartGraalvmDocker.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bd47f1af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/rsyncAndStartGraalvmDocker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+if [[ -f core ]] ; then
+    cd ..
+fi
+if [[ -f core ]] ; then
+  echo "core folder not found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+rsync -rvu --exclude "target" --exclude "bower_components" --exclude "node_modules" --exclude ".git" --exclude ".idea" --exclude "results" --exclude "*.db" --exclude "venv*" . ~/nzbhydra2/
+docker run -v ~/.m2/repository:/root/.m2/repository:rw -v ~/nzbhydra2:/nzbhydra2 -it --rm vegardit/graalvm-maven:22.3.0-java17 bash
diff --git a/misc/rsyncToHome.sh b/misc/rsyncToHome.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f710f57a5..000000000
--- a/misc/rsyncToHome.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rsync -rvu --exclude "target" --exclude "bower_components" --exclude "node_modules" --exclude ".git" --exclude ".idea" --exclude "results" --exclude "*.db" --exclude "venv*" . ~/nzbhydra2/
diff --git a/nativeNotes.md b/nativeNotes.md
index 4c44474b9..399fc709e 100644
--- a/nativeNotes.md
+++ b/nativeNotes.md
@@ -125,3 +125,17 @@ If anything fails you can always switch back to the old folder or docker image u
 
 
 
+apt update
+apt install -y zip unzip wget curl libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev apt-get install build-essential
+wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.8.7/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.7-bin.tar.gz -P /tmp
+tar xf /tmp/apache-maven-*.tar.gz -C /opt
+ln -s /opt/apache-maven-3.8.7 /opt/maven
+export M2_HOME=/opt/maven
+export MAVEN_HOME=/opt/maven
+export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
+curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash
+source "/root/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
+sdk install java 22.3.r17-grl
+mvn --batch-mode clean install -DskipTests -T 1C
+export HYDRA_NATIVE_BUILD=true
+mvn -pl org.nzbhydra:core -Pnative clean native:compile -DskipTests