diff --git a/scripts/publish_linux_packages_to_kiwix.sh b/scripts/publish_linux_packages_to_kiwix.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef4e7830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/publish_linux_packages_to_kiwix.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script to upload Linux packages to download.kiwix.org
+target="/data/download/release/kiwix-js-electron"
+echo "Uploading the files to https://download.kiwix.org/$target/"
+echo "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ./scripts/ssh_key ci@download.kiwix.org mkdir -p $target"
+for file in ./bld/Electron/* ; do
+    if [[ $file =~ \.(AppImage|deb|rpm)$ ]]; then
+        echo "scp -r -p -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i $file ci@download.kiwix.org:$target"
+        echo "Copied $file to $target"
+    fi
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/rewrite_app_version_number.sh b/scripts/rewrite_app_version_number.sh
index a442a335..e531c261 100644
--- a/scripts/rewrite_app_version_number.sh
+++ b/scripts/rewrite_app_version_number.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,16 @@
 #
 # This script can be tested manually by replacing ${INPUT_VERSION} and ${TAG_VERSION}
 # with test strings
- 
+
 # Use the override value by preference
 VERSION=${INPUT_VERSION}
+# If the script was launched by Cron, then there will be no INPUT_VERSION, so construct a nightly version number
+if [[ "qq${CRON_LAUNCHED}" != "qq" ]]; then
+  COMMIT_ID=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+  # Get version from init.js
+  VERSION="$(grep 'params\[.appVersion' www/js/init.js | sed -E "s/[^[:digit:]]+([^\"']+).*/\1/")"
+  VERSION="v$VERSION$COMMIT_ID"
+fi
 if [[ $VERSION =~ ^v?[0-9.]+ ]]; then
   VERSION=$(sed 's/^v//' <<<"$VERSION") # Remove any leading v
   echo "Using the valid override input and setting version to $VERSION"