diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index d0b86b2..b3132bd 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ browserify $STATIC_SRC/js/sentry.js -t envify -o $STATIC_BUILD/js/sentry.js
 cp -r $STATIC_SRC/scss $STATIC_BUILD/scss
 hugo gen chromastyles --style=monokai > $STATIC_BUILD/css/highlight.css
 
-hugo -vDEF --gc $HUGO_ARGS
+hugo -vDEF --gc $@
 
 cp $BASEDIR/static/keybase.txt $OUTPUT_DIR/keybase.txt
 
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index f845add..f56308d 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,4 @@ set -e
 
 source ./scripts/common.sh
 
-export HUGO_ARGS="--minify"
-
-./scripts/build.sh
+./scripts/build.sh --minify