diff --git a/CommonProject.properties b/CommonProject.properties
index 4a0e80af2..db6e37df8 100644
--- a/CommonProject.properties
+++ b/CommonProject.properties
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <FileAlignment>4096</FileAlignment>
-    <DebugType>None</DebugType>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
     <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Off</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/GreenshotPlugin/Core/NetworkHelper.cs b/GreenshotPlugin/Core/NetworkHelper.cs
index 77bcee596..0f4da8b6a 100644
--- a/GreenshotPlugin/Core/NetworkHelper.cs
+++ b/GreenshotPlugin/Core/NetworkHelper.cs
@@ -363,9 +363,8 @@ namespace GreenshotPlugin.Core {
 		/// <param name="uri">Uri</param>
 		/// <returns>DateTime</returns>
 		public static DateTime GetLastModified(Uri uri) {
-			HttpWebRequest webRequest;
 			try {
-				webRequest = (HttpWebRequest)CreateWebRequest(uri);
+				HttpWebRequest webRequest = CreateWebRequest(uri);
 				webRequest.Method = "HEAD";
 				HttpWebResponse webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)webRequest.GetResponse();
 				LOG.DebugFormat("RSS feed was updated at {0}", webResponse.LastModified);
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index e32be3eb9..5327248e2 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -134,36 +134,36 @@ Function PackagePortable {
 Function PackageZip {
 	$sourcebase = "$(get-location)\Greenshot\bin\Release"
 	$destbase = "$(get-location)\Greenshot\releases"
-	$destinstaller = "$destbase\NO-INSTALLER"
+	$destzip = "$destbase\NO-INSTALLER"
 
 	# Only remove the zip we are going to create, to prevent adding but keeping the history
 	if (Test-Path  ("$destbase\Greenshot-NO-INSTALLER-$fileversion.zip")) {
 		Remove-Item "$destbase\Greenshot-NO-INSTALLER-$fileversion.zip" -Confirm:$false
 	}
 	# Remove the directory to create the files in
-	if (Test-Path  ("$destinstaller")) {
-		Remove-Item "$destinstaller" -recurse -Confirm:$false
+	if (Test-Path  ("$destzip")) {
+		Remove-Item "$destzip" -recurse -Confirm:$false
 	}
-	New-Item -ItemType directory -Path "$destinstaller" | Out-Null
+	New-Item -ItemType directory -Path "$destzip" | Out-Null
 
-	echo ";dummy config, used to make greenshot store the configuration in this directory" | Set-Content "$destinstaller\greenshot.ini" -encoding UTF8
-	echo ";In this file you should add your default settings" | Set-Content "$destinstaller\greenshot-defaults.ini" -encoding UTF8
-	echo ";In this file you should add your fixed settings" | Set-Content "$destinstaller\greenshot-fixed.ini" -encoding UTF8
+	echo ";dummy config, used to make greenshot store the configuration in this directory" | Set-Content "$destzip\greenshot.ini" -encoding UTF8
+	echo ";In this file you should add your default settings" | Set-Content "$destzip\greenshot-defaults.ini" -encoding UTF8
+	echo ";In this file you should add your fixed settings" | Set-Content "$destzip\greenshot-fixed.ini" -encoding UTF8
 
 	$INCLUDE=@("*.gsp", "*.dll", "*.exe", "*.config")
 	Get-ChildItem -Path "$sourcebase\Plugins\" -Recurse -Include $INCLUDE | foreach {
-		$path = $_.fullname -replace ".*\\Plugins\\", "$destinstaller\Plugins\"
+		$path = $_.fullname -replace ".*\\Plugins\\", "$destzip\Plugins\"
 		New-Item -ItemType File -Path "$path" -Force | Out-Null
 		Copy-Item -Path $_ -Destination "$path" -Force
 	}
 	
 	$INCLUDE=@("help-*.html","language-*.xml")
 	Get-ChildItem -Path "$(get-location)\Greenshot\Languages\" -Recurse -Include $INCLUDE -Exclude "*installer*","*website*" | foreach {
-		$path = $_.fullname -replace ".*\\Languages\\", "$destinstaller\Languages\"
+		$path = $_.fullname -replace ".*\\Languages\\", "$destzip\Languages\"
 		New-Item -ItemType File -Path "$path" -Force | Out-Null
 		Copy-Item -Path $_ -Destination "$path" -Force
 	}
-	Copy-Item -Path "$sourcebase\Languages\Plugins\" -Destination "$destinstaller\Languages\Plugins\" -Recurse
+	Copy-Item -Path "$sourcebase\Languages\Plugins\" -Destination "$destzip\Languages\Plugins\" -Recurse
 	
 	@( "$sourcebase\checksum.MD5",
 		"$sourcebase\Greenshot.exe",
@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@ Function PackageZip {
 		"$sourcebase\GreenshotPlugin.dll",
 		"$sourcebase\log4net.dll",
 		"$sourcebase\log4net.xml",
-		"$destbase\additional_files\*.txt" ) | foreach { Copy-Item $_ "$destinstaller\" }
+		"$destbase\additional_files\*.txt" ) | foreach { Copy-Item $_ "$destzip\" }
 
 	$zipOutput = "$(get-location)\zip"
 	$zip7 = "$(get-location)\greenshot\tools\7zip\7za.exe"
-	$arguments = @('a', '-mx9', '-tzip', '-r', "$destbase\Greenshot-NO-INSTALLER-$fileversion.zip", "$destinstaller\*")
+	$arguments = @('a', '-mx9', '-tzip', '-r', "$destbase\Greenshot-NO-INSTALLER-$fileversion.zip", "$destzip\*")
 	Write-Host "Starting $zip7 $arguments"
 	$zipResult = Start-Process -wait -PassThru "$zip7" -ArgumentList $arguments -NoNewWindow -RedirectStandardOutput "$zipOutput.log" -RedirectStandardError "$zipOutput.error"
 	Write-Host "Log output:"
@@ -186,7 +186,49 @@ Function PackageZip {
 		exit -1
 	}
 	Start-Sleep -m 1500
-	Remove-Item "$destinstaller" -Recurse -Confirm:$false
+	Remove-Item "$destzip" -Recurse -Confirm:$false
+	return
+}
+
+# This function creates the debug symbols .zip
+Function PackageDbgSymbolsZip {
+	$sourcebase = "$(get-location)\Greenshot\bin\Release"
+	$destbase = "$(get-location)\Greenshot\releases"
+	$destdbgzip = "$destbase\DEBUGSYMBOLS"
+
+	# Only remove the zip we are going to create, to prevent adding but keeping the history
+	if (Test-Path  ("$destbase\Greenshot-DEBUGSYMBOLS-$fileversion.zip")) {
+		Remove-Item "$destbase\Greenshot-DEBUGSYMBOLS-$fileversion.zip" -Confirm:$false
+	}
+	# Remove the directory to create the files in
+	if (Test-Path  ("$destdbgzip")) {
+		Remove-Item "$destdbgzip" -recurse -Confirm:$false
+	}
+	New-Item -ItemType directory -Path "$destdbgzip" | Out-Null
+
+	$INCLUDE=@("*.pdb")
+	Get-ChildItem -Path "$sourcebase\Plugins\" -Recurse -Include $INCLUDE | foreach {
+		$path = $_.fullname -replace ".*\\Plugins\\", "$destdbgzip\Plugins\"
+		New-Item -ItemType File -Path "$path" -Force | Out-Null
+		Copy-Item -Path $_ -Destination "$path" -Force
+	}
+	
+	@( "$sourcebase\*.pdb") | foreach { Copy-Item $_ "$destdbgzip\" }
+
+	$zipOutput = "$(get-location)\dbgzip"
+	$zip7 = "$(get-location)\greenshot\tools\7zip\7za.exe"
+	$arguments = @('a', '-mx9', '-tzip', '-r', "$destbase\Greenshot-DEBUGSYMBOLS-$fileversion.zip", "$destdbgzip\*")
+	Write-Host "Starting $zip7 $arguments"
+	$zipResult = Start-Process -wait -PassThru "$zip7" -ArgumentList $arguments -NoNewWindow -RedirectStandardOutput "$zipOutput.log" -RedirectStandardError "$zipOutput.error"
+	Write-Host "Log output:"
+	Get-Content "$zipOutput.log"| Write-Host
+	if ($zipResult.ExitCode -ne 0) {
+		Write-Host "Error output:"
+		Get-Content "$zipOutput.error"| Write-Host
+		exit -1
+	}
+	Start-Sleep -m 1500
+	Remove-Item "$destdbgzip" -Recurse -Confirm:$false
 	return
 }
 
@@ -245,5 +287,8 @@ PackageZip
 echo "Generating Portable"
 PackagePortable
 
+echo "Generating Debug Symbols ZIP"
+PackageDbgSymbolsZip
+
 echo "build successful, tagging with $fileversion"
 TagCode
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