diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5b75e7a..56a8d39 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ shithappens = ["opensans/fonts/ttf/*.ttf", "images/*.png", "locales/*/LC_MESSAGE
 version_variable = "pyproject.toml:version" # version location
 branch = "main"                             # branch to make releases of
 changelog_file = "CHANGELOG.md"             # changelog file
-build_command = "python -m build" # build dists
+build_command = "pip install build && python -m build" # build dists
 dist_path = "dist/"                         # where to put dists
 dist_glob_patterns = ["*.whl", "*.tar.gz", "*.zip"]
-upload_to_release = true                    # auto-create GitHub release
+upload_to_release = false                    # auto-create GitHub release
 upload_to_pypi = false                      # don't auto-upload to PyPI
 remove_dist = false                         # don't remove dists
 patch_without_tag = true                    # patch release by default