diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0c4645b70..7021bff41 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ sdk default java 21.0.1-graalce
 .
 On Windows, you have to manually install a JDK, e.g. from [Adoptium](https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/?version=21).
 
+You can configure a few development options in the file `app/dev.properties` which will be automatically generated when gradle is first run.
+
 ## Building and Running
 
 You can use the gradle wrapper to build and run the project:
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/AppProperties.java b/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/AppProperties.java
index f210944e4..1dfa18d13 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/AppProperties.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/core/AppProperties.java
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ public class AppProperties {
                 .map(Boolean::parseBoolean)
                 .orElse(false);
         locatorVersionCheck = Optional.ofNullable(System.getProperty("io.xpipe.app.locator.disableInstallationVersionCheck"))
-                .map(Boolean::parseBoolean)
-                .orElse(false);
+                .map(s -> !Boolean.parseBoolean(s))
+                .orElse(true);
     }
 
     public static void logSystemProperties() {
diff --git a/dist/build.gradle b/dist/build.gradle
index f90264fa8..25e480bdb 100644
--- a/dist/build.gradle
+++ b/dist/build.gradle
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ repositories {
 task dist(type: DefaultTask) {}
 
 
+run {
+    enabled = false
+}
+
 distTar {
     enabled = false;
 }
@@ -23,7 +27,6 @@ distZip {
     enabled = false;
 }
 
-
 import org.gradle.crypto.checksum.Checksum
 
 import java.util.stream.Collectors