diff --git a/examples/api/README.md b/examples/api/README.md
index 51890cec7..f4fdfa678 100644
--- a/examples/api/README.md
+++ b/examples/api/README.md
@@ -9,23 +9,10 @@ In the future, this app will be used on Tauri's integration tests.
 
 - Compile Tauri
   go to root of the Tauri repo and run:
-  Linux / Mac:
 
 ```
-# choose to install node cli (1)
-bash .scripts/setup.sh
-```
-
-Windows:
-
-```
-./.scripts/setup.ps1
-```
-
-- Install dependencies (Run inside of this folder `examples/api/`)
-
-```bash
-$ pnpm i
+pnpm i
+pnpm build:debug
 ```
 
 - Run the app in development mode (Run inside of this folder `examples/api/`)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a8d25da53..296f20203 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
     "eslint:check": "pnpm run -r eslint:check",
     "ts:check": "pnpm run -r ts:check",
     "build": "pnpm run -r build",
+    "build:debug": "pnpm run -r build:debug",
     "build:api": "pnpm run --filter \"@tauri-apps/api\" build",
+    "build:api:debug": "pnpm run --filter \"@tauri-apps/api\" build:debug",
     "build:cli": "pnpm run --filter \"@tauri-apps/cli\" build",
     "build:cli:debug": "pnpm run --filter \"@tauri-apps/cli\" build:debug",
     "test": "pnpm run -r test",
diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index 4f650c941..19ccaf491 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "rollup -c --configPlugin typescript",
+    "build": "rollup -c --configPlugin typescript --plugin terser",
+    "build:debug": "rollup -c --configPlugin typescript",
     "npm-pack": "pnpm build && cd ./dist && npm pack",
     "npm-publish": "pnpm build && cd ./dist && pnpm publish --access public --loglevel silly --no-git-checks",
     "ts:check": "tsc --noEmit",
diff --git a/packages/cli/.cargo/config.toml b/packages/cli/.cargo/config.toml
index 28b5f661b..c2ba180df 100644
--- a/packages/cli/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/packages/cli/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# napi-rs can't handle custom target-dir configs yet so we make sure it's set to the default
+[build]
+target-dir = "target"
+
 [target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
 linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"