diff --git a/Installer/build.ps1 b/Installer/build.ps1
index c6bd6e68..c24030bc 100644
--- a/Installer/build.ps1
+++ b/Installer/build.ps1
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ if($gituser -eq "ziti-ci") {
     echo ========================================================
     git status 2>&1
 
+    echo "GIT: trying git pull to see if it'll 'usually' work"
+    git pull
+
+    echo "GIT: git commit -m '[ci skip] committing updated version related files'"
     git commit -m "[ci skip] committing updated version related files" 2>&1
+
+    echo "GIT: push"
     git push 2>&1
   } else {
     echo "branch $b does not match the regex. no commit/no push"
diff --git a/service/publish.bat b/service/publish.bat
index 85d245a8..86c5c822 100644
--- a/service/publish.bat
+++ b/service/publish.bat
@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@ if %ACTUAL_ERR% NEQ 0 (
     echo result of ninja build: %ACTUAL_ERR%
 )
 
-IF "%GIT_BRANCH%"=="master" GOTO RELEASE
-echo Publishing to snapshot repo
-ziti-ci publish artifactory --groupId=ziti-tunnel-win.amd64.windows --artifactId=ziti-tunnel-win --version=%BUILD_VERSION%-SNAPSHOT --target=service/ziti-tunnel-win.zip 2>&1
-REM ziti-ci publish artifactory --groupId=ziti-tunnel-win.amd64.windows --artifactId=ziti-tunnel-win --version=%BUILD_VERSION%-SNAPSHOT --target=service/ziti-tunnel-win.zip --classifier=%GIT_BRANCH% 2>&1
-GOTO END
-
-:RELEASE
-echo NO LONGER PUBLISHING TO ARTIFACTORY.
-REM echo Publishing release
-REM ziti-ci publish artifactory --groupId=ziti-tunnel-win.amd64.windows --artifactId=ziti-tunnel-win --version=%BUILD_VERSION% --target=service/ziti-tunnel-win.zip 2>&1
 GOTO END
 
 :BUILD_VERSION_ERROR
@@ -86,7 +76,6 @@ echo current dir: %CD%
 echo configuring git - relies on build.bat successfully grabbing ziti-ci and build.bat updating service/ziti-tunnel/version.go
 ziti-ci configure-git 2>&1
 
-REM echo git commit -m "[ci skip] committing updated version information" complete: %ERRORLEVEL%
 echo ========================================================
 echo issuing git push
 echo ========================================================
diff --git a/version b/version
index 9edc58bb..9f05f9f2 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.4
+1.6.5