diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop.release.reuse.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop.release.reuse.yml
index a2e20dd49..66b929df0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop.release.reuse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop.release.reuse.yml
@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: assets
           path: packages/desktop/dist
-      - run: node scripts/sums.mjs
+
+      - name: Generate Checksums
+        run: node scripts/sums.mjs
+
       - name: get-npm-version
         id: package-version
         uses: martinbeentjes/npm-get-version-action@main
diff --git a/packages/components/scripts/package.mjs b/packages/components/scripts/package.mjs
index 1bed898e1..ab334c6a1 100644
--- a/packages/components/scripts/package.mjs
+++ b/packages/components/scripts/package.mjs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import zip from '@standardnotes/deterministic-zip'
 import minimatch from 'minimatch'
 
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+import { ensureDirExists, doesDirExist, emptyExistingDir } from '../../../scripts/ScriptUtils.mjs'
+
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename)
 
@@ -66,22 +68,6 @@ const copyFileOrDir = (src, dest, exludedFilesGlob) => {
   }
 }
 
-const doesDirExist = (dir) => {
-  return fs.existsSync(dir)
-}
-
-const ensureDirExists = (dir) => {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true })
-  }
-}
-
-const emptyExistingDir = (dir) => {
-  if (fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true })
-  }
-}
-
 const getComponentSrcPath = (feature) => {
   return path.join(SourceFilesPath, feature.identifier)
 }
diff --git a/packages/desktop/scripts/sums.mjs b/packages/desktop/scripts/sums.mjs
index 3d56bd0e7..0ba5c55a5 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/scripts/sums.mjs
+++ b/packages/desktop/scripts/sums.mjs
@@ -1,23 +1,38 @@
 import crypto from 'crypto'
 import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
+const ScriptsDir = path.dirname(__filename)
+
+import { doesFileExist } from '../../../scripts/ScriptUtils.mjs'
 
 function sha256(filePath) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  if (!doesFileExist(filePath)) {
+    console.log('Attempting to hash non-existing file', filePath)
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
     try {
       fs.createReadStream(filePath)
         .pipe(crypto.createHash('sha256').setEncoding('hex'))
         .on('finish', function () {
           resolve(this.read())
         })
-        .on('error', resolve(null))
+        .on('error', function () {
+          resolve(null)
+        })
     } catch (error) {
+      console.log('Error reading file', error)
       resolve(null)
     }
   })
 }
 
 async function getFileNames() {
-  const packageJson = await fs.promises.readFile('./package.json')
+  const packageJson = await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(ScriptsDir, '../package.json'))
   const version = JSON.parse(packageJson).version
   return [
     `standard-notes-${version}-mac-x64.zip`,
@@ -64,18 +79,20 @@ process.on('uncaughtException', function (err) {
 
     let hashes = await Promise.all(
       files.map(async (fileName) => {
+        const filePath = path.join(ScriptsDir, `../dist/${fileName}`)
         try {
-          const hash = await sha256(`dist/${fileName}`)
-          return `${hash}  ${fileName}`
+          const hash = await sha256(filePath)
+          const entry = `${hash}  ${fileName}`
+          return entry
         } catch (error) {
-          console.error('Unable to hash file', fileName)
+          console.error('Unable to hash file', filePath)
           return null
         }
       }),
     )
 
     hashes = hashes.join('\n')
-    await fs.promises.writeFile('dist/SHA256SUMS', hashes)
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(ScriptsDir, '../dist/SHA256SUMS'), hashes)
     console.log(`Successfully wrote SHA256SUMS:\n${hashes}`)
   } catch (err) {
     console.error(err)
diff --git a/scripts/ScriptUtils.mjs b/scripts/ScriptUtils.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b39b97ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ScriptUtils.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
+
+export const doesDirExist = (dir) => {
+  return fs.existsSync(dir)
+}
+
+export const doesFileExist = (file) => {
+  return fs.existsSync(file)
+}
+
+export const ensureDirExists = (dir) => {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true })
+  }
+}
+
+export const emptyExistingDir = (dir) => {
+  if (fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true })
+  }
+}