diff --git a/src/Commands/Base/PnPPowerShellModuleInitializer.cs b/src/Commands/Base/PnPPowerShellModuleInitializer.cs
index f87b2c1e6..7b034d6fa 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Base/PnPPowerShellModuleInitializer.cs
+++ b/src/Commands/Base/PnPPowerShellModuleInitializer.cs
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ static PnPPowerShellModuleInitializer()
             s_binBasePath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)));
             s_binCommonPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), "..", "..", "..", "..", "..", "src", "ALC", "bin", "Debug", "net6.0"));
 #else
-            s_binBasePath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), ".."));
-            s_binCommonPath = Path.Combine(s_binBasePath, "Common");
+            s_binBasePath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)));            
+            s_binCommonPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(s_binBasePath), "Common");
 #endif
             s_dependencies = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
             s_psEditionDependencies = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
diff --git a/src/Commands/PnP.PowerShell.csproj b/src/Commands/PnP.PowerShell.csproj
index 9f465b7ae..9fd492c12 100644
--- a/src/Commands/PnP.PowerShell.csproj
+++ b/src/Commands/PnP.PowerShell.csproj
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		<DefineConstants>TRACE;$(DefineConstants);DEBUG</DefineConstants>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU'">
-		<DefineConstants>TRACE;$(DefineConstants);DEBUG</DefineConstants>
+		<DefineConstants>TRACE;$(DefineConstants);Release</DefineConstants>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
 	  <None Remove="Resources\parker.ico" />